{"id":993,"date":"2013-06-10T09:30:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T08:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tekhead.org\/blog\/?p=993"},"modified":"2015-11-23T20:33:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T20:33:28","slug":"yet-more-intel-nuc-models-on-the-way-for-your-nanolab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekhead.it\/blog\/2013\/06\/yet-more-intel-nuc-models-on-the-way-for-your-nanolab\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet MORE Intel NUC Models on the way for your Nanolab!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those of you who are regular followers of my blog, you will know I am a great proponent of the Intel NUC range for their low noise, low power, low(ish) cost, high performance and most importantly high WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) features!<\/p>\n

Unbelievably having only just announced their second generation triumvirate of models just 2 months ago (and due out in a couple of weeks), they’re at it again, announcing a third generation already! The new models include a pair of Haswell-based “Wilson Canyon” Core i3 \/ Core i5 processor options, featuring up to 4 USB 3.0 ports and a full size SATA connector and are expected to land some time around Q3 this year.<\/p>\n

I have updated the CPU table with the currently available info on the new models, and will add CPU benchmarks once available on www.cpubenchmark.net<\/a> (for consistency). This also includes the recently leaked specs for the new Gen 8 HP Microservers based on Intel Pentium \/ Celeron processors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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1<\/td>Intel Celeron 847<\/td>2\/1\/2<\/td>1.1 \/ None<\/td>2 MB<\/td>17<\/td>986<\/td>None<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
1<\/td>Intel Core i3-3217U<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>1.80 \/ None<\/td>3 MB<\/td>17<\/td>2272<\/td>None<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
2<\/td>Intel Core i5-3427U<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>1.80 \/ 2.80<\/td>3 MB<\/td>17<\/td>3611<\/td>vPro & VT-d<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
2<\/td>Intel Core i7-3537U<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>2.00 \/ 3.10<\/td>4 MB<\/td>17<\/td>3766<\/td>VT-d<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
3<\/td>Intel Core i3-4010U<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>1.70 \/ None<\/td>3 MB<\/td>15<\/td>2253<\/td>VT-d<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
3<\/td>Intel Core i5-4250U<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>1.30 \/ 2.6<\/td>3 MB<\/td>15<\/td>3572<\/td>VT-d<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
1 (G7)<\/td>AMD Athlon II Neo N36L<\/td>2 \/ 1 \/ 2<\/td>1.30 \/ None<\/td>2 MB<\/td>12<\/td>751<\/td>None<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
2 (G7)<\/td>AMD Turion II Neo N40L<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>1.50 \/ None<\/td>2 MB<\/td>15<\/td>946<\/td>None<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
3 (G7)<\/td>AMD Turion II Neo N54L<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>2.20 \/ None<\/td>2 MB<\/td>25<\/td>1314<\/td>None<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
4 (G8)<\/td>Intel Celeron G530T<\/td>2 \/ 2 \/ 4<\/td>2.00 \/ None<\/td>2 MB<\/td>35<\/td>1604<\/td>iLO<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t
4 (G8)<\/td>Intel Pentium G630T<\/td>2 \/ 1 \/ 2<\/td>2.30 \/ None<\/td>3 MB<\/td>35<\/td>2154<\/td>iLO<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

IMHO you cant beat the NUC for its price \/ performance \/ noise features mentioned above. In an ideal world I would be happy to give up 2-3cm of extra board size to get some extra RAM slots and a second gig port on the VMware HCL in there, but as a tidy home lab solution they’re hard to beat!<\/p>\n

As regards this latest batch of models, I personally still think the sweet spot is with the Intel Core i5-3427U DC53427HYE 2nd Gen model, which includes vPro for remote access, and will turbo to a handsome 2.8GHz for as little as ~\u00a3235 when I last checked. More than enough for most home lab requirements!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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