Anandtech Reviews Intel NUC10i7FNH

The NVIDIA Shield TV pretty much killed my interest in the Windows x86 DIY HTPC. It just does everything I want it to do, better. But, I can respect that change is hard, and there are still uses cases for a SFF x86 HTPC in the stack. For those, this new NUC from Intel looks pretty nice, but isn’t cost […]

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Intel AMT

If you’ve been following the Intel AMT security issue story, it looks like we finally have some guidence around the severity and some mitigations steps. Even though a proper fix is still some ways off. Ars has some more information on the exploit (although they didn’t include the root cause) as well as useful links to some tools Intel has […]

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Intel announces 5 new NUC models

Another CES, another set of NUCs announced. I must say I also like the darker chassis, but it concerns me tha tthe renders don’t appear to have CIR built in. If that is the case, it would be a big minus for their HTPC use.  Early generation NUCs were interesting, though not necessarily exciting due to their limitations. However, NUCs […]

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ASUS annouces VivoMini VM65N & VM65 SFF HTPC

They aren’t quite NUC sized, but still quite small and sleek. These ASUS VivoMini SFF look like they should be quite suitable for HTPC use, and the higher end model with the Kaby Lake Intel Core i7 and NVIDIA GeForce 930M dGPU would do for some gaming as well. Unfortunately the PR (after the the click), doesn’t note NIC OEM, […]

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Intel NUC6i5SYK Skylake SFF HTPC kit

Intel NUC6i5SYK Skylake SFF HTPC kit

Intel just about perfected the small form factor (SFF) home theater PC (HTPC) over the last few iterations of NUC systems, so it is great to see that the Skylake based Intel NUC6i5SYK kit has stayed with this winning formula. Updated with an Intel Core i5-6260U with Intel Iris Graphics 540, support for NVMe SSD, and DDR4, the system has […]

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