[Gune]

Hey guys.

So Kodi for me is currently running on an old tower computer, I'd like to replace it. I would prefer something smaller and a bit more discrete, but I would still like for it to be responsive in menus and be able to play large files(Think 15GB 1080p BluRay).

So what should I be looking at? The Intel NUC's caught my eye, I will most likely be trying out their i5 version if I cannot find anything better.
Any other ideas of what to run it on?

Stefan.

[Ned Scott]

I would look at the new Celeron NUCs. The i5 is major overkill these days. The newest Celeron NUCs can even handle h.265/HEVC in hardware (no Kodi support for that yet, as it is "bleeding edge").

[Gune]

I would look at the new Celeron NUCs. The i5 is major overkill these days. The newest Celeron NUCs can even handle h.265/HEVC in hardware (no Kodi support for that yet, as it is "bleeding edge").

I see, do you have a link to one of those? When googling I think I'm finding the older celeron ones.

EDIT: For future-proofing, would a celeron one still be enough? Just a tad worried of buying one and having it either lag during 1080p playback, or be unable to play something I throw at it in a year or so.

Stefan.

[levi.baker88]

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=227882 < This should help

[Gune]

Just bought a Intel NUC NUC5CPYH with RAM + an SSD, will let you guys know how it works!

Thanks for all the help.

Stefan.

[kuldan]

Enjoy - 1080p is easy enough to not even stress out 8 Year old Hardware (one of my HTPCs is Athlon 64 3000+ with NVidia 8400GS - plays 1080p files >20gb in size fine..) so a celeron of today (braswell generation) should be fine for almost anything.

[GSP-UFC]

Is it capable of playing any games?

[visiter555]

I have several 2840 NUCs and an i5 version and one new Pentium NUC on order, all running Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

Pros:
Can be used as a full fledged computer
Reasonable support

Cons
Expensive for what you get when you add RAM & drive
Slow to boot
Forced updates on Windows 10 (entry level)

I also bought a few (four) Dell ChromeBoxes on sale for $129 and have them running OpenELEC and they (for a Kodi box) are more efficient (faster loading/less WAF issues), faster loading and simple to maintain.

I am looking forward to the new Pentium based Intel NUC and exploring the Pros/Cons

[Powerhouse]

Hmmm, I have a older NUC, and from pressing the power button, to being in Kodi takes 9 seconds (timed it yesterday). Mine is an i5 (not a celeron), with 8Gigs of Ram, and SSD drive. Did you install 'ALL' the drivers for your NUC? Including the Storage Drivers?