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Hi guys so basically I have a choice between the Intel DN2820FYKH0 (Celeron N2820) or Intel DC3217BY (i3 3217U) not sure which is faster, as they are the same price from different shops. Although if the celeron is almost as good for 10 bucks more I can get ram with it in a bundle deal. Just want to play 1080p movies like mp4, mkv and avi nothing crazy watch shows at 720 and watch the odd youtube video.

The i3 is way faster CPU. However, that particular NUC does not have a fixed Ethernet connection, keep that in mind. You'll need a Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet or USB2 Ethernet adapter, if you need Ethernet. Even if the CPU is faster on the i3 that might not make a difference in your use, since the processing of video is handled by the GPU. Also, the DN2820FYKH is said to handle 23.978p material perfectly, whereas the Ivy Bridge i3 will not do that. Whether that's something you will notice or not, is another thing.

This discussion should actually go into another thread. This thread is about the Haswell i3/i5 NUCs. There's a separate thread for the BayTrail Celeron and Ivy Bridge i3/i5 models.