[warlock09]

Well, I talked my buddy into this NUC, and he ordered one from Amazon for $147. He bought a $22 stick of 2GB 1.35V RAM, an $8 low profile 8GB USB drive, and a $6 RC6 remote from Ebay.

I upgraded the bios to 32, installed OpenELEC Stable - Generic x86_64 Version:4.0.1, and connected his WD Elements 2TB external USB hard drive.

The NUC recognized the external drive instantly, and I scanned in his media to the library. It's running Aeon MQ5 with no problems, and the cheap remote even turns the NUC completely on & off, using the built-in IR receiver. All the buttons work perfect, including the i (info). FWIW, there is still 6.5GB available on the 8GB usb stick.

For $183, you can't go wrong with this setup. The nice thing is you could easily convert this to a Windows PC if desired down the road someday.

I'm impressed. Thanks to everyone in this thread who made it easier for the rest of us!!

I agree..pretty much satisfied with this tiny little machine..works very well...!! I got win 8.1 installed on an ssd...running well on it...openelec as well...well pleased..my questions now is any suggestion for a good IR remote to work well with this nuc...thanks in advance...