[ahdubious]

Just thought I'd share my experiences with my NUC. I've been a long time lurker having read through countless pages. This is a great community and a fantastic resource.

I just bought a Bay Trail NUC DN2820FYKH and I couldn't be more pleased. I shoved in a 4GB stick of RAM, slid in a SSD and fired her up. First I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version from Intel (I know some people were having issues with USB booting in earlier BIOS versions) and then installed OpenELEC 4.0.2. Installation was so fast I barely even saw it happen. Booted to XBMC without a hitch and was working perfectly with a wireless keyboard. I had been a little concerned I couldn't get my Logitech Harmony Touch remote working but after I made a new device in the MyHarmony software and created a new task, it fired up my NUC first time and powered it off too! There's a tiny bit of latency but it's to be expected with some universal remote tasks and is completely bearable. I've been experimenting with two 'devices' in MyHarmony, by using both the DN2820FYKH and a standard Windows MCE remote profile. I feel like the DN2820FYKH one seems to be a little snappier but it could all be in my head.

Anyway, really pleased with this little box. It plays everything I throw at it. Colours, audio etc all seem to be perfect; at least to my eyes and ears. Menu navigation is VERY snappy (contrary to what I've heard).
I haven't done extensive testing with things like temps, CPU usage but I can tell you that it's barely audible when idle and you couldn't hear when playing content anyway. It was a little loud in testing with a 2.5" mechanical drive (I was waiting on another SSD in the mail) but that's to be expected.