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Hello,

I'm also interested in purchasing a NUC to use with XBMC on Windows 7.

My only intention of using the NUC is for playing SD & HD content from an attached hard drive.
The content has been encoded with Handbrake, so it isn't a full rip of a bluray disc (biggest files are ~10 GB).

I don't plan on using it for much else - perhaps Netflix down the road.

How much Ram is needed for this? 2 gb? 4 gb?
Also, I'm leaning towards a 64gb SSD as I am looking at putting Windows 7 on it.

Advice would be appreciated!

Thanks!

How far down the road is Netflix?

You could always install Openelec until then if you really are only playing files from your hard drive. For Openelec you just need 2 GB ram and a decent flash drive (or any size mSata SSD).

For Windows I recommend 4 GB ram and a 40+ GB SSD (so 60 or 64 GB).

I'm on the fence about Netflix - it doesn't have a great selection in Canada (IMO).
Would you recommend the Celeron Model or i3 with your above RAM/SSD recommendations?

For your requirements the Celeron version will be just fine... especially if you decide to install Openelec. Should also be fine for Windows.