[RTTY] Intel NUC, anyone?

[Matt NQ6N]

One thing I've wondered about with NUCs is the possible noise generated by
the power supplies as well as overall case shielding.  Has had any
noteworthy results (good or bad) in this area?

73,
Matt NQ6N

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com> wrote:

> If, instead, you want high-power machines in the small form-factor, I can
> heartily recommend the Gigabyte NUCs. They can take desktop i5s and i7s and
> perform like you would expect a
> 'normal' system to run.
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> Neal Campbell
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> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 9:01 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a couple year old NUC and it performs perfectly with Windows 10,
> > N1MM+, MMTTY, 2Tone, GRITTY, my rig, and Winkeyer.
> >
> > I have closely watched CPU usage but would be surprised if it was sucking
> > down more than 10% of the CPU.
> >
> > The NUC is nice and small and portable, but you're looking at $300+ for a
> > NUC with memory and a small disk drive which is not especially cheap,
> then
> > you have to buy a Windows license too.
> >
> > If you're looking for a cheap shack computer, any of the $99 refurbed
> > corporate PC's out on the market will do fine. They all come with Windows
> > installed. I've been using $99 refurbs in the shack for many years now.
> >
> > I end up using the NUC as my travel computer even when I'm just visiting
> > conference rooms in my employer's buildings. I can plug it into a TV or
> > projector and boot up Windows 10 and start a Powerpoint presentation in
> > about 20 seconds. Contrast that 20 second boot up time with the several
> > minutes bootup time of my corporate laptop with all the junk software my
> > employer has installed on it.  The NUC has bluetooth and works perfectly
> > with wireless keyboards/mouse at a distance which is ideal for giving a
> > presentation.
> >
> > Tim N3QE
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