Intel NUC 10 NUC10I5FNHN Frost Canyon Mini Computer 10th Gen Core i5-10210U, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 6MB Smart Cache, Iris Xe Graphics (NUC10I5FNHN 16GB+512GB)

I called both companies tech support about the hard drive light staying on constantly. The system loaded fine and ran fine but the hard drive light stays on...constantly. Crucials response was the system loaded fine with no errors after running their drive check software so it must be the others hardware. I switched out the Crucial drive with a Samsung and the light works correctly, which I told Crucial this when I called them but that didnt seem to make much of a difference to them. I tried the same Crucial drive/s in a NUC8i3BEH1 with the same result. So even though Intel didnt have a fix, it isnt their fault really, I will continue to buy them though I was a little disappointed with the support but these are trying times. The NUC10i7FNH1 is very very fast. Oh and I had updated the BIOS on both NUCs but still no happy ending.

This NUC is an approximately lateral upgrade from an AMD FX-8370-based system in terms of CPU, yet uses only a fraction of the power. Its tremendously quieter than a mid-tower with several fans, and uses (relative to my old case) only1.4% of the volume of the mid-tower case I had. This is small enough to set on my monitors base for easy access to I/O. If I had no needs for that, Id look into using the VESA mount instead.

Great starter for a build. Really easy for a first timer.

UPDATE 1/3/2022: This machine seems to have developed problems starting up after being off overnight. If I re-try the startup, it works, and then there are no errors for the rest of the day. I suspect issues with the CMOS battery. Intel support for individuals/hobbyists is terribly lacking; I want to talk to someone but I cant find a phone number. Knocked off 2 stars because of this, and the next problem.

got my new Intel Nuc 10 mini and was a great experience working with ProTech365 to get it ahead of most other places who still dont have them and it was in great shape and booted right up first try .... looking forward to loading it up and getting to work ..... thanks again ..

Love the size and power (for a laptop chip) of this Intel nuc. Easy setup, for RAM and HD, I bought a m.2 SSD. Just what I needed for power and ability.

II have a normal sized desktop for years with several virtual machines, but realized recently that I need a smaller one for mobility, after searching for several options, I picked up this one, and purchased a 32GB RAM and a 500G PCIe SSD, added another 2.5 SATA SSD. now have Ubuntu20.04 as the base OS and couple of Windows 10 and Linux VM running as the KVM guests. it works great, so far no compliant. The only thing is it can only install two SSDs, But is okay with me for now. If anyone wants more storage, probably need to invest and buy big storage with this box.

The unit is smaller than I expected which is good. Initially it won’t enter the boot menu when F10 was pressed. Took me several trials to get it enter the boot menu but I don’t know if this was an isolated case or not. Once the Roon core is installed, it has run without any problem.

Late to the party, but just fyi to fellow IT people: avoid these unless youll be running Linux or are using WSUS to block drivers. Literally with fresh installs of the latest--and I mean latest, Jan 2023, builds from my VS Pro subscription--Win10 Pro *and* Win11 Pro, and literally minutes after I allow windows update to kick in and start installing driver updates it becomes unbootable. And not just that, you cant reinstall windows via bootable USB without--I kid you not--reformatting the hard drive. Because either Windows Setup screws up or the BIOS screws up or... honestly, who knows.

These things are great. I use mine for a power-efficient test bed for Python code and database applications. I generally run process-intensive applications at one time, and the NUC has no problems keeping up. The fan can wind up a bit, but its quieter than my laptop. Just give it some space for air flow and youre good to go. Great for 2nd machines, media players, test benches, or lightweight virtual hosts.