[CSMR]

Why would you put media on the disk? You bung the OS on it and stream from your NAS/server or even USB attached drives.

It adds an extra box (cost, noise, maintenance, etc.) and a little lag. For light to moderate use with at most 2TB of files needed to be shared within the home (current max for 2.5" drive), an NUC can serve as both an HTPC and a NAS. Sure for heavier use of where more advanced server functionality is needed, you need a separate NAS or server.

There must be hundreds of posts about people wishing the NUCs had a 2.5" over mSATA before this one... and your wishing this particular one had mSATA?!

I was one of these people, but I was waiting for mSATA + 2.5", not 2.5" instead of mSATA.

The design of this NUC model is all about driving the overall cost down. Having both SATA and mSATA support would raise the price. That's also the reason you get only one HDMI port and no DisplayPort. This design is the low-cost, entry level, HTPC and/or workstation model.

Agreed that the price is impressively low. Although I'm sure it would only cost a few cents to wire up the SATA on the chip to the mini PCI express slot for dual mSATA use.

That being said, my ideal usage model for an HTPC is a NUC with both mSATA and internal SATA support. That way I can run my OS on the mSATA and have a large, cheap platter SATA drive for media and recorded TV storage. For that you'll want the i3 board in the tall case (releasing very soon). It gives you the best of both worlds.

Jason

Good to know thanks!

[jammyb]

Quick question guys - would 2 GB RAM be enough to run Openelec ?

If you searched the forum. You'd get a resounding yes.

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Why would you put media on the disk? You bung the OS on it and stream from your NAS/server or even USB attached drives.

It adds an extra box (cost, noise, maintenance, etc.) and a little lag. For light to moderate use with at most 2TB of files needed to be shared within the home (current max for 2.5" drive), an NUC can serve as both an HTPC and a NAS. Sure for heavier use of where more advanced server functionality is needed, you need a separate NAS or server.

You add the extra box so it can be located somewhere else instead of under your TV posing as an HTPC so you don't have the noise!

More drives means more motors spinning and thus heat means more fan noise! Don't really want to hear that kicking in during a quiet bit of a movie!

Keep them separate. I can't distinguish between USB attached streaming and NAS streaming. I don't get lag and can happily jump about in a media file over network. It's great.

Server is under the stairs with all the AV kit. No noise for me!

[SK360]

http://openelec.tv/forum/64-installation...fykh#96552

Seems like the path to get openelec working has been found. Can someone test DTS-HD MA and TrueHD?

[r1lee]

i know how passthrough work. My question was about if the unit will be able to passthrough all HD audio format to the receiver or if it will be only the DTS-HD that will be supported.

Sorry dude, but it does look like someone got TrueHD to work. So I guess that's a yes.

On Another note, not sure if this was posted. But to get Win7 installed, here is the directions. You need bios version 21.

Windows 7, 64-bit versions:
1. Press F2 when prompted during boot to enter BIOS Setup.
2. On the Devices and Peripherals > USB menu, set USB3.0 (XHCI mode) support to Enable.
3. On the Devices and Peripherals > SATA menu, set Chipset SATA Mode to AHCI.
4. On the Boot > Boot Priority menu, in the Legacy Boot Priority pane, uncheck Legacy Boot to disable it.
5. On the Boot > Boot Configuration menu, in the UEFI Boot pane, set OS Selection to Windows 7.
6. Press F10 to save your changes and exit BIOS Setup.
7. Proceed with the installation of the operating system.

[asm495]

http://openelec.tv/forum/64-installation...fykh#96552

Seems like the path to get openelec working has been found. Can someone test DTS-HD MA and TrueHD?

That thread has just convinced me to buy one.

Edit: Nowhere in the UK has them in stock now

[luksol]

http://openelec.tv/forum/64-installation...fykh#96552

Seems like the path to get openelec working has been found. Can someone test DTS-HD MA and TrueHD?

That thread has just convinced me to buy one.

Edit: Nowhere in the UK has them in stock now

http://www.kikatek.com/P391780/BOXDN2820...xt-Unit-of
Available on 14/02/2014

[StigMX5]

Quick question guys - would 2 GB RAM be enough to run Openelec ?

I believe Openelec uses 256-512 as long as you keeping it plain jane with small skins. I would think 2GB is fine, but remember the Intel graphics use shared memory.

[SK360]

I have the Celeron 847 based NUC... I can still return it to Amazon... wonder if its worth going through all that to get this one.

[joelbaby]

Only if you want IR receiver built in.

[SK360]

I use a FLIRC currently for IR. I would really like to be able to turn on the system from S5 via IR but other then that everything works great.

[Swifty]

Can anyone comment on the actual real power consumption of this in normal operation (eg running a 1080p video in xbmc?)

I have been looking at the Intel based STB in the other thread which boasts a tiny 5v 2a PSU which suggest draw is minimal on that so would be interested to hear what this actually draws.

[-DDD-]

Ok I ran the full Benchmark on my DN2820FYKH and uploaded.
1. CPU Mark : 1083
2. 2D Graphics Mark 232.1
Is that good or bad ?

Thank you for running the tests. From this we find that this chip is slightly faster than the Celeron 847 found in the DCCP847DYE NUC

Celeron 847 had a 2D Graphics Mark around 150.

The Celeron NUC was very popular on this forum before, so this does make an interesting alternative because of the in-built IR sensor. Also it uses less power.

2D 1080p playback, and 3D SBS obviously won't be a problem. Will have to wait and see if it can do Hi10P and Frame Packed 3D.

But maybe its not fast enough for Yadif SSE4 Deinterlacing

[SgtSlaughter]

"Jason, how many mSata ports will the i3 model have? what will the MSRP be? can the Sata 3 port support a port replicator?"

It will have one mSATA and one SATA. It's the same board that's in the Haswell models currently available, just in a taller case.

Here's a link to the specs: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/cat.../doc_guide

Jason

Found this badass review on the NUC units with fullsize mSATA ports and 15mm sata enclosure.

D34010WYKH and D54250WYKH both have this option.

http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-nuc-ki...iew_133823

[JasonHoffman]

http://openelec.tv/forum/64-installation...fykh#96552

Seems like the path to get openelec working has been found. Can someone test DTS-HD MA and TrueHD?

I was so excited about this I went home and lunch and tried it. I can confirm it does indeed work. I just spent a few minutes playing around in openelec. it worked perfectly. I played a few trailers (streaming online over wifi); great picture and sound quality. The system is surprisingly responsive!

Jason

[yuyak]

http://openelec.tv/forum/64-installation...fykh#96552

Seems like the path to get openelec working has been found. Can someone test DTS-HD MA and TrueHD?

I was so excited about this I went home and lunch and tried it. I can confirm it does indeed work. I just spent a few minutes playing around in openelec. it worked perfectly. I played a few trailers (streaming online over wifi); great picture and sound quality. The system is surprisingly responsive!

Jason

I was planning on doing a win8.1 build but if DTS-HD is only working with openelec right now, I might go that route. I'm not very familiar with openelec - is it possible to setup dualboot (openelect + win 8.1)?