[RTTY] Intel NUC, anyone?

[Neal Campbell]

Matt

I have not heard of noise complaints, maybe because they are so small you
can put them many places. You can consider audible noise and RF noise. For
the latter, I think modern quality switcher PSUs do not have them anymore.
Yes, I know the cheapo wall warts do but I doubt if gigabyte wants to ruin
its reputation with saving a few pennies and generating hash for yards to
the side.

73


Neal Campbell

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On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Matt NQ6N <matt at nq6n.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>> Neal Campbell
>>
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>> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
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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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