[chrisnewton]

For the NUC you only need D34010WYK.

There are cheap mSata SSDs which are slow, just like there are cheap USB sticks which are slow.
You can buy faster USB sticks (e.g. Sandisk Extreme), and standard mSATA SSDs - and then the price becomes about the same.

If you are concerned about cost of mSATA SSD (about $40 for 32Gb), then you could just get an old USB stick and see how OpenElec works for you.
Even before you buy the NUC, just put OpenElec on a 4Gb or 8Gb stick and see how you go on your PC. Then you will see the speed for yourself.

Hi was just woundering what version of openelec ill have to download to try it on my laptop before i look into building my own system.. i have a laptop windows 7 64 bit?

Thanks for any help