[Leopold]

I take all the model(celeron and i core) lack the S3/S4 support atm?

the chrome box does have s3 state if you flash with Matt coreboot firmware and all intel nuc have all the s3,s4,s5 state. i just bought a broadwell i5 nuc and it's work wonderfully, except the ir sensor doesn't work on openelec yet, but that doesn't bother me, i just have to disable it and use my usb mce dongle.

Unfortunately the cheapest Broadwell NUC looks like twice the price of the UN42 in the UK, e.g.
http://www.dabs.com/products/intel-nuc-k...-B32N.html £233.19
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-vivo-m...-9W78.html £122.12

[Roby77]

So no cheap solution with broadwell ?

[Matt Devo]

Broadwell-based devices are just starting to trickle to market - you'll have to wait a bit for cheaper Celeron 3205U/3755U based ones.

[stefcon1]

Looking to get the Windows version of this with 32gb ssd and 2 gb Ram. Anyone got this and can shed any light as to performance? Bit concerned that 32gb is not enough. There is also a version with mechanical 500gb drive, which may be better?

Could get the barebones but doesn't come with Windows, so with the Ram and ssd to buy also, it is getting a bit pricey.

http://www.ebuyer.com/665723-asus-vivo-m...un42-m015y

http://www.ebuyer.com/667587-asus-vivopc...0b1-m00420

30GB SSD £23.82
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-mSATA-S...B00DHWE3G0

4GB Memory £26.14
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-KVR16S1...B008CP5R8K

Both from the certified list. That brings the total hardware cost to £170, so still a fair bit cheaper than the Windows version from ebuyer.

If you wanted more storage there's this one...
128GB SSD £51.22 (in stock 12th March)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sandisk-Enterpri...B00CIDIRTI

The total price would then be about the same as the WIndows version, but with 2x the RAM and 4x the storage.

Thanks Leopold.

[Roby77]

For Open Elec better to go with this one or chromebox ?

[Matt Devo]

For Open Elec better to go with this one or chromebox ?

whichever is cheaper in your location - from an OE standpoint, they are identical

[Roby77]

Thank you again

[CoolKeith]

Broadwell-based devices are just starting to trickle to market - you'll have to wait a bit for cheaper Celeron 3205U/3755U based ones.

What advantage will those have over the 4th gen variant in this and Chromebox?

I really think this device is legit, but the nvidia gpu is a no dice 4 me. So, can I do a external gpu dock? Because I can build a tasty system for $315 with a external gpu. I just need to know if I can use an external gpu dock.

[Matt Devo]

sorry, no idea what you're talking about w/r/t "gpu dock." And no one has tested/compared the Broadwell Celeron to the Haswell one, though one could extrapolate based on the comparisons of the Broadwell Core i3 vs the Haswell i3.

[noggin]

I think CoolKeith is referring to being able to put a PCI-E GPU card in an external enclosure. This is possible with Thunderbolt (on Macbook Pros, and I guess - theoretically - the first gen NUCs which had Thunderbolt).

I guess it might also be possible with Mini-PCI-E to PCI-E adaptor like this : http://linitx.com/product/ablytech-mini-...ided/13206 but you only get 1 PCI-E lane, and still have to sort out power and mounting etc. I think it is a non-starter for a GPU, though for something like a DVB card or a sound card it might be worth investigating in very odd situations.

Far more trouble than they're worth in my opinion though...