Aside from multimedia, the NUC6CAYH provides four USB 3. 0 ports, letting the system access printers, keyboards, external storage drives, and other useful peripherals. Additionally, one of the USB 3. 0 ports can charge a battery- powered device while the system is turned off. If you need more USB ports, there's a USB 2. 0 header to support an optional adapter with two USB 2. 0 ports. Other notable connections include a Gigabit Ethernet port as well as 802. 11ac Wi-Fi for accessing the Internet wired or wirelessly. Moreover, Bluetooth 4. 2 is on board for wireless connections to headsets, speakers, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices. For powering the NUC, Intel includes an external 65W wall-mountable power adapter.
Aside from multimedia, the NUC6CAYH provides four USB 3. 0 ports, letting the system access printers, keyboards, external storage drives, and other useful peripherals. Additionally, one of the USB 3. 0 ports can charge a battery- powered device while the system is turned off. If you need more USB ports, there's a USB 2. 0 header to support an optional adapter with two USB 2. 0 ports. Other notable connections include a Gigabit Ethernet port as well as 802. 11ac Wi-Fi for accessing the Internet wired or wirelessly. Moreover, Bluetooth 4. 2 is on board for wireless connections to headsets, speakers, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices. For powering the NUC, Intel includes an external 65W wall-mountable power adapter.
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Aside from multimedia, the NUC6CAYH provides four USB 3. 0 ports, letting the system access printers, keyboards, external storage drives, and other useful peripherals. Additionally, one of the USB 3. 0 ports can charge a battery- powered device while the system is turned off. If you need more USB ports, there's a USB 2. 0 header to support an optional adapter with two USB 2. 0 ports. Other notable connections include a Gigabit Ethernet port as well as 802. 11ac Wi-Fi for accessing the Internet wired or wirelessly. Moreover, Bluetooth 4. 2 is on board for wireless connections to headsets, speakers, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices. For powering the NUC, Intel includes an external 65W wall-mountable power adapter.
Aside from multimedia, the NUC6CAYH provides four USB 3. 0 ports, letting the system access printers, keyboards, external storage drives, and other useful peripherals. Additionally, one of the USB 3. 0 ports can charge a battery- powered device while the system is turned off. If you need more USB ports, there's a USB 2. 0 header to support an optional adapter with two USB 2. 0 ports. Other notable connections include a Gigabit Ethernet port as well as 802. 11ac Wi-Fi for accessing the Internet wired or wirelessly. Moreover, Bluetooth 4. 2 is on board for wireless connections to headsets, speakers, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices. For powering the NUC, Intel includes an external 65W wall-mountable power adapter.
Last updated at 23/01/2026 01:49:44
originally posted on ebay.com
This NUC 6 with a Celeron processor is a good computer for low end tasks. As I expected, it is pretty slow at loading web pages, but it is definitely running Windows 10 normally. With some added RAM (to increase it to 4GB from its current 2GB, which should be easy to install, I believe it will work well for the tasks I purchased it for.
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I purchased this with the express intent of turning it into a 1-2 user PLEX server. When I saw the Celeron J3455 benchmarks were more then good enough for 1080p transcodes it was a done deal. It has been running 24/7 now for 3 months running windows 10 completely stable. Never complains and never makes noise. The power light brightness/blinking/color is also completely configurable which is great for those like me who need to keep light noise down in the bedroom. The fan when on moves so slow that you will never actually hear it, too. The cpu does not make much heat BUT under bench marking it is possible to throttle the cpu. So this mini pc favors low fan speeds over bleeding edge performance.
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I love these NUCs. The cheaper, older models won't break any speed records or game well by today's standards, but for the price are very small, efficient, quiet and cool running, low power consumption and cost-effective for everyday computing such as media and web browsing, emails, programming, office-work, etc. Very easy to work on or upgrade - open the bottom, throw in some ram and an ssd, close it back up, done. Fabulous product. Even the older generations remain of use. Intel usually does a good quality job, with support and improvements over time. These days Linux Mint runs great on these, but also work well on Windows 10 for those that may prefer.
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| Type | PC barebone |
| Product Form Factor | Mini PC |
| Built-in Devices | Infrared receiver |
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This NUC 6 with a Celeron processor is a good computer for low end tasks. As I expected, it is pretty slow at loading web pages, but it is definitely running Windows 10 normally. With some added RAM (to increase it to 4GB from its current 2GB, which should be easy to install, I believe it will work well for the tasks I purchased it for.
I purchased this with the express intent of turning it into a 1-2 user PLEX server. When I saw the Celeron J3455 benchmarks were more then good enough for 1080p transcodes it was a done deal. It has been running 24/7 now for 3 months running windows 10 completely stable. Never complains and never makes noise. The power light brightness/blinking/color is also completely configurable which is great for those like me who need to keep light noise down in the bedroom. The fan when on moves so slow that you will never actually hear it, too. The cpu does not make much heat BUT under bench marking it is possible to throttle the cpu. So this mini pc favors low fan speeds over bleeding edge performance.
I love these NUCs. The cheaper, older models won't break any speed records or game well by today's standards, but for the price are very small, efficient, quiet and cool running, low power consumption and cost-effective for everyday computing such as media and web browsing, emails, programming, office-work, etc. Very easy to work on or upgrade - open the bottom, throw in some ram and an ssd, close it back up, done. Fabulous product. Even the older generations remain of use. Intel usually does a good quality job, with support and improvements over time. These days Linux Mint runs great on these, but also work well on Windows 10 for those that may prefer.
Initially 32gb drive space may have been enough to get Windows 10 running. But as always, Windows needs continuous and rather large updates. Once I received my NUC, went through the initial setup, connected to the internet there were loads of update to do. And after just a few updates the initial 32gb got full and the update process died indicating it required more drive space. Now, my steps to get my NUC back to a working box. I uninstalled every update that Windows had applied, then did a recover to initial setup. This time going through the initial Windows setup I DID NOT connect the internet. (to prevent Windows from auto-updates). I then added an internal 120gb SSD. (this required a special data/power cable made for the NUC) Then using Macrium Reflect Offline ... MoreInitially 32gb drive space may have been enough to get Windows 10 running. But as always, Windows needs continuous and rather large updates. Once I received my NUC, went through the initial setup, connected to the internet there were loads of update to do. And after just a few updates the initial 32gb got full and the update process died indicating it required more drive space. Now, my steps to get my NUC back to a working box. I uninstalled every update that Windows had applied, then did a recover to initial setup. This time going through the initial Windows setup I DID NOT connect the internet. (to prevent Windows from auto-updates). I then added an internal 120gb SSD. (this required a special data/power cable made for the NUC) Then using Macrium Reflect Offline Installer I cloned the first 3 partitions of the eMMC to the SSD. After doing this my NUC could boot from the newly installed SSD. I then extended the data partition of the SSD, setup the internet connection, and went through the process of applying the many Windows updates. Now I have a working NUC that is fully Windows 10 updated. So as I indicated, 32gb drive space is not enough.
I have a 2012 Thinkpad x230 with an i5 that is much faster than this 2017 Atom-derivative Mini PC. BUT this Mini PC can hardware decode h.265/HEVC, not just h.264. SO it is better suited for a low-powered home-theater set up. I call this my desktop theater setup because instead of a living room big-screen, I watch 1080p videos on a 21.5 IPS desktop monitor (at much closer distance than a living room set-up) with studio monitors set up near-field to left and right. The fan runs more often than reviews led me to believe, but it is very very quiet. Set up is easy. Out of the box, it is ready to go. I ran it stock for a while, when upgraded the included 2gb RAM to the max 8gb, dropped in a 275gb Crucial MX300 SSD and reinstalled Win10 by booting to USB (just download ... MoreI have a 2012 Thinkpad x230 with an i5 that is much faster than this 2017 Atom-derivative Mini PC. BUT this Mini PC can hardware decode h.265/HEVC, not just h.264. SO it is better suited for a low-powered home-theater set up. I call this my desktop theater setup because instead of a living room big-screen, I watch 1080p videos on a 21.5 IPS desktop monitor (at much closer distance than a living room set-up) with studio monitors set up near-field to left and right. The fan runs more often than reviews led me to believe, but it is very very quiet. Set up is easy. Out of the box, it is ready to go. I ran it stock for a while, when upgraded the included 2gb RAM to the max 8gb, dropped in a 275gb Crucial MX300 SSD and reinstalled Win10 by booting to USB (just download the Windows 10 Creator tool and tell it you want both versions, and installed to USB, then use the resulting USB in boot mode not app mode). Intel has all the drivers you need in one place on their website, but this booted and ran fine without resort to the drivers - the automatic install got most of them right. A few, I cleaned up later. BTW I wiped all partitions on the built-in, board-mounted 32gb eMMC, and chose the 275gb added SSD as my boot disk (install to disk). Easy peasy. BIG PLUS: microphones on the front of the box, invaluable for desktop use, because now I can use Siri - oops, Cortana - without an accessory microphone. Ditto for Skype and Hangouts. I recommend this if you would mostly be happy with a Chromebook/box but want to run mpc-hc or Videolan VLC and traditional low-resource apps like that. Also find for word processing, haven't testing on spreadsheets, NOT for gaming or photoshopping (unless the grunt work is done in the cloud). Oh the front panel blue lighting is terrible you can turn it off in BIOS but I haven't figured exactly how to do that. At least I stopped it from flashing on SSD access.
As soon as you take it from the box it just oozes quality with a solid build and plenty of connectivity. Not brimming with the fastest CPU or high-end GPU but for what I needed it was perfect. That is a quiet computer, it's actually silent, that doubles as a media server and a backup for my main computer. The inclusion of Bluetooth means I can use my Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad as it's located on a shelf under a TV. Adding memory and a SSD HD was simple even if I have rather big hands. Only point to consider is that you must use high-density RAM With this Intel NUC. That is those with fewer memory chips but the same size in total. Usually 1 Gb chips as opposed to 512 Mb chips. The excellent support people at Scan will help you with this.
I bought this device cause I wanted something small to run kodi, youtube, and netflix but this device really hasn't done it for me.I have another board running the same cpu as this and it worked fantastic, but I'd have to put it in a case, get a power supply and when you priced that out it was about the same as this little guy only this guy was a lot smaller. That is a definite plus to this product. However these NUCs are very very picky on ram and you need to keep that in mind when you order it.On the main issue I've been experiencing and likely the reason for return is the V-sync issue with hardware acceleration. Please note I've spent most of the time with this thing running kodi so it might be an issue with Kodi. I've noticed that about 3 times per hour the ... MoreI bought this device cause I wanted something small to run kodi, youtube, and netflix but this device really hasn't done it for me.I have another board running the same cpu as this and it worked fantastic, but I'd have to put it in a case, get a power supply and when you priced that out it was about the same as this little guy only this guy was a lot smaller. That is a definite plus to this product. However these NUCs are very very picky on ram and you need to keep that in mind when you order it.On the main issue I've been experiencing and likely the reason for return is the V-sync issue with hardware acceleration. Please note I've spent most of the time with this thing running kodi so it might be an issue with Kodi. I've noticed that about 3 times per hour the bottom part of the screen will tear similar to what you'd see while gaming. I've never experienced this issue on any hardware I have ever used to date while not gaming.For some I suspect this wouldn't be an issue, a minor hiccup for less than a second a couplet times an hour, but for me it's a real deal breaker. I suspect that in 3d content it would become far more noticeable so keep that in mind.I'm having to lean towards this issue being caused by either defective hardware, or bad hardware selection. Again I have another motherboard with the same CPU and iGPU and I was using it for weeks without any issue like this on the same OS and the same drivers, leading me to think it has to be a hardware issue.On a side note, windows feel a little less snappy on the NUC when compared to my other motherboard, it can get choppy and even mouse performance will suffer under some loads. But one big thing is that windows 10 anti-malware service kills this CPU's performance, I've seen it jump to over 50% CPU usage in normal use while installing programs and transferring files. That is more window's fault though than the CPU.
Must use DDR3L, "L" as in low volt, 1.35V, not the typical 1.5v.It will give you an error if you install a 1GB or 2GB module, altho you press "Y" to proceed and it seems to work perfectly fine with a 2GB stick alone, or along with a 4GB stick in my situation.You CAN NOT install win7 easily. I want to say impossible but maybe there's someone out there who can do it. Why? All USB ports are 3.0, even the ones on the motherboard that say USB 2.0 are on the 3.0 Hub so buying the separate cable won't help you. Using the driver injector doesn't work with many different drivers tried. Win7 does not have USB 3 drivers so you'll get to the install screen without keyboard and mouse, making it impossible to proceed. I wanted to install win7, crack it and do free ... MoreMust use DDR3L, "L" as in low volt, 1.35V, not the typical 1.5v.It will give you an error if you install a 1GB or 2GB module, altho you press "Y" to proceed and it seems to work perfectly fine with a 2GB stick alone, or along with a 4GB stick in my situation.You CAN NOT install win7 easily. I want to say impossible but maybe there's someone out there who can do it. Why? All USB ports are 3.0, even the ones on the motherboard that say USB 2.0 are on the 3.0 Hub so buying the separate cable won't help you. Using the driver injector doesn't work with many different drivers tried. Win7 does not have USB 3 drivers so you'll get to the install screen without keyboard and mouse, making it impossible to proceed. I wanted to install win7, crack it and do free upgrade to win10, not possible for me after days of trying.Ubuntu works great on this device.I downloaded win10 ISO, installed it, then clicked on the "active me" notice, took me to windows store where I got out my wallet and paid for win10 home. Works great after updates and what-nots. *read lower for speedI'm using an older 256GB SSD, 4gb RAM, but will be using 4gb x2 soon (8gb total, which is the max). Save yourself some hassle and only get 1 or 2 4gb sticks, don't mess with 1gb or 2gb or you'll have to deal with that meaningless error msg.Not sure about taking out the 22x30mm m.2 wireless card for an m.2 SSD instead, so I'll keep it the way it is, might upgrade the SSD one day.Very quiet.Built in dual mics on front for cortana (google web searches).Nice blue light, but unlike some youtube vids it doesn't indicate storage activity, which is likely a good thing that the whole blue outline doesn't light up, but a little one would have been nice. A default, tiny built in speaker would have been a neat touch.Eventho this is the thicker one that holds a 2.5" drive it's still QUITE tiny, thin and small. Looks cool.Why not 5 starts?-0.5 star for no win7 (true usb 2.0 ports, no win7 drivers on website)-0.5 star for a bit slower than expected, but not terrible by any means.So what am i using it for? I use it to run a photobooth, i wanted a built in computer solution as I don't have a touch screen (2 in 1) laptop for it. I'd like one, but started out with a small desktop and now a really small desktop-nuc. Works just fine, and only took 1 booking to pay for everything including win10 so I'm happy.Oh yeah the cable i bought to access the on board 2.0 USB ports was [INTL-2F-10P2MM-8IN] but again, this won't help you install win7. So that was a waste of money for me.
Due to privacy and censorship concerns I now avoid using computers with Windows,Mac or Chrome OS.This older NUC model was on sale at B&H and I also ordered the 8 GB Ram suggested by B&H and a Crucial 240 GB Solid State Drive and got everything with 2 day delivery for under $200.I hooked it up to my TV and use it with a wireless keyboard with touchpad.I would encourage anyone to try a Linux operating system as they are free.Linux Mint is my favorite but I also like Lubuntu and Debian and appreciate the dozens of Linux distros available for free.There are plenty of videos you can search for online that will guide you through installing a particular Linux OS and you don't have to be a tech expert to install and successfully use Linux.I also installed Linux Mint ... MoreDue to privacy and censorship concerns I now avoid using computers with Windows,Mac or Chrome OS.This older NUC model was on sale at B&H and I also ordered the 8 GB Ram suggested by B&H and a Crucial 240 GB Solid State Drive and got everything with 2 day delivery for under $200.I hooked it up to my TV and use it with a wireless keyboard with touchpad.I would encourage anyone to try a Linux operating system as they are free.Linux Mint is my favorite but I also like Lubuntu and Debian and appreciate the dozens of Linux distros available for free.There are plenty of videos you can search for online that will guide you through installing a particular Linux OS and you don't have to be a tech expert to install and successfully use Linux.I also installed Linux Mint on my old laptop and erased Windows after I transferred the files I wanted to keep onto a USB stick.I find that Linux Mint is especially user friendly to install and quickly became comfortable using it.I also now prefer buying electronics from B&H.I really like the way the B&H website is laid out and I appreciate how the web pages for each product make suggestions on other accessories you might need,especially for items like this barebones PC in which you need to add RAM and a storage drive. Cheers.
I was delayed in building this barebones trying to get the faster RAM that it will take (the 1866 MHz). I finally got it together a week or so ago and am very pleased with it. Its use is as a secondary computer for light duty (e-mail, web browsing) and it is plenty fast enough for those purposes. I have attached it to the back of a 24" TV I already had and which serves as its monitor. I am getting a Bluetooth mouse for it to free up one of its four USB ports. I wanted to try out a mini-PC and am very pleased with this one. Instructions could have been a bit more complete especially as to BIOS modifications and something called the Power Button Menu.
| General | |
| Type | PC barebone |
| Product Form Factor | Mini PC |
| Built-in Devices | Infrared receiver |
| Processor / Chipset |
