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Review on πŸ’ͺ Enhanced Performance with Intel NUC 10 Performance Kit - Intel Core i7 Processor (Tall Chassis) by Carl Lee

Revainrating 5 out of 5

DOA Desktops: Computers and Tablets

Big disappointment with it; I can't even get into the BIOS. I have other NUCs and everything works great; This one should be an upgrade, but unfortunately this 10th gen i7 doesn't even boot. I now have 64GB of storage, M2 drive and SATA SSD awaiting a refund on this NUC as the refund was not immediate. Update: NUC 10 i7 replacement also failed; I spoke to Intel support and the rep told me that there are serious issues with certain BIOS changes. If he was right (and it sounded like he knew what he was talking about), Intel made some very strange and ill-considered decisions about how to build their BIOS. I strongly recommend not trying to enable legacy boot support in the BIOS if you recently purchased your 10th Gen NUC. Update: I dropped the Intel NUC series for my next computing device and bought an AMD 4650G machine instead. It's very, very fast and runs on DDR 3200 memory (unlike the NUC which is limited to DDR 2600 memory) - even the BIOS boots up very quickly.

Pros
  • Easy to use
Cons
  • Not the best