Intel NUC 11 Pro Mini PC Celeron N5105（4C/4T,up to 2.9 GHz Burst) 8GB DDR RAM 500GB M.2 SSD Pre-in OS, HDMI 2.0, DP1.4, USB 3.2, Dual 4K Display, Wifi5

Bought for use as a server more than a desktop machine. Works well in this function with Linux or Windows. I removed the supplied Windows and put Linux on it instead. Although you can get cheaper brands than this, the main reason I like these is the quality of the BIOS and support. Took me ages to get another brand to auto power on after a power failure, it's an easy to find setting in the attractive and well designed Intel BIOS. I was so pleased with this I bought another one.Very sad to hear that Intel is discontinuing NUCs. Get yours while they're still available.

This is my first experience with these types of mini PC's and I have to say, I'm impressed.I grabbed this to use as a media PC in the living room and it has performed exceptionally well.I currently have a full gaming rig with a 6-core Ryzen processor and a 3080 so I was a little worried that I'd be spoiled by the performance from that and that the Celeron processor wouldn't cope well. I'm happy to report that it was not the case at all! I've been able to throw 4k movies and shows up on my TV with no issue. No lag, no slow-down, it's been a fantastic little machine so far and not only does it manage to deliver this performance well but also in such a small form factor.I've heard online that many people use these as emulation PC's as well. I haven't tried that myself but I can see this being a great option considering emulators run on mobiles these days. I'm sure this would have no issue at all with that.It's ridiculously small! Even smaller than your typical Sky or Virgin Tivo box and looks right at home in a TV unit. Paired up with a wireless keyboard and mouse combo and you're golden.I ran some benchmarks on this, which you can see in the attached pictures. It's not going to blow you away with games or CPU intensive tasks but that's not what this is designed for. Performance across the internals is passable and more than enough to keep you going for light browsing and media playback. Just don't expect to be editing videos or complex photoshop projects!I think this really is the perfect little machine if you're after a media machine like myself or even if you need a machine to work from home. Maybe even a good option for a kids first PC.It's also built like a tank with a lovely matte black finish and solid plastic construction.To summarize:+ Fantastic performance (With 4K playback, browsing sites, light work)+ Great build quality, to be expected from Intel+ Tons of IO options with 6 USB ports, Display port, HDMI...+ Whisper quiet and low energy requirement+ Tiny form factor and will take up no space at all.For my use case as a media centre, it's been nothing short of perfection. It's had no issue working with my 4K TV and has been a pleasure to use for the past several days during testing. I hope to get many more hours out of this and can wholeheartedly recommend at this price point. 5*!

The problems are towards the end of this review.I used to have an ACEPC, and it lasted over 2 years without issues. It had fast Wi-Fi (always around 27Mbps) - it was brilliant. It eventually broke down one morning so I looked for a new one.I found this NUC11ATKC4 model, it was quite a bit more expensive than the returned one, but comparable in price with my old ACEPC, also with the same basics such as RAM plus a larger Drive, and it is Intel branded. So I bought it. It is almost perfect, but it does have a problem.The first impression I had on removing it from the very nice, solid and pleasantly presented box was of quality. It is heavy, substantially so, and I believe things that are well made should be solid, have mass, should feel like quality - and this does. It has a seriously small footprint, an incredible amount of USB inputs (6 in all, four of which are USB 3 -with issues though). It has one HDMI out, ethernet in and also headphone and microphone jacks on the front. The only thing it's lacking is a card reader of any sort.So I set it up with no real issues. I chose the language, keyboard language, location and let it go. For some reason it still installed the US keyboard as well as the UK, and it set the time to Canada....both of which I corrected. Then it was time to connect to my network, It connected first time and it was fast, very fast. I have 53Mbps coming into the router which is upstairs in the front bedroom. This Intel Mini PC is in the living room downstairs on the opposite side if the house, according to a test with Ookla, it showed it download at 48.57Mbps - wow! And it remained so over intermittent testing thorough the day, I've since brought an ethernet cable down to connect it.I did as much as I could regarding setting it up as I have never used Windows 11, and updated everything. It never stuttered, no warnings, nothing. I did intend to remove 11 and install 10, but to be honest in order to do that I'd have to delete all the partitions, including the recovery one and then rely on other software to make a restore image. Much easier and safer to get used to Windows 11.So all in all it is a nice item, and the picture quality on my Samsung Qled is also top-notch, especially 4k. At 1080 it will give a refresh rate of 100hZ, at 4k 60hZ but the default in installation will be 30hZ.The three-year warranty is a really nice thing to have, it provides a lot of peace of mind.One disappointment was that even though I and others had received an an unequivocal yes to the question of whether a second HDD could be installed as a backup in the Amazon 'questions' section before purchasing, It turned out not to be that simple. If you purchase this model, the NUC11ATKC4 then no, it definitely cannot have an additional drive added, something which I had been counting on and had in fact already purchased a drive for.To add another drive would require the purchaser to buy the larger (taller) model so that an additional drive can be placed within it.Now for the bed news: The Problems!There are two glaring problems and they are both to do with the USB 2 ports on the back, and for the two USB 3 ones on the front.With a dongle for a wireless keyboard and mouse in the back neither will either not work, or they will work intermittently and annoy you to death. I only sit 10 feet away from this PC, so there should have been no problems at all.With the dongle in the USB 2 ports at the back I tried my old faithful Jelly Comb wireless keyboard and mouse, they worked, but only while I set up the PC as there was not a lot to do with either of them, then when I had it all up and running and I was doing more, the mouse and keyboard was really playing up, lagging text, jagging movements, or simply not moving at all. So, thinking the Jelly Comb was failing - I bought a new Logitech (expensive) wireless keyboard and mouse combo - and thinking it would be prudent I also bought a Curry's USB 2, 4-port hub.The result was the same, despite Windows recognising it. In desperation I took out the dongle from the rear and used a USB 3 port on the front - and it all worked, but with some limitations (addressed later).I suspected that there must be a lump of aluminium in there, maybe a heatsink, blocking the signal from the dongle, so I plugged in the USB 2 hub into a rear USB 2 port, and on came the green light and I heard a 'ding'. The idea being that it was fixed higher than the PC and directly in front of me for better line-of-sight. Then I plugged the dongle for the keyboard and mouse into it - the 'ding' sound emanated - then nothing, keyboard and mouse were not even there - so, useless. I removed it from one USB port and put it into another - 'ding'. No mouse, no keyboard working at all, but a portable Seagate HDD and a Sandisk flash drive worked perfectly in that same hub.Finally I gave up, put the dongle in one of the front USB 3 ports and voila, working. OK. Even so it still occasionally trips up and it has to be something to do with the unit. However the front ones are just barely useable as long as I keep the keyboard/mouse in line-of-sight, which is a realp pain.The second problem is the front USB ports, and it's a doozy! Flash/portabable will not work at all, but yet they will lock up the computer. I tried plugging a Sandisk USB 3.0, 32gb Ultra Flair in - it dinged, then locked up the PC. Did the same with a portable HDD, both platter and SSD, same thing, yet the USB 2 keyboard/mouse dongle work in both of the front ports.Even more confusingly those same flash and HDD's will work perfectly through the USB 3 slots on the rear - so it is definitely the PC that is the issue here. I can only assume that they are signal input slots only, anything that has read/write capability simply locks up be computer, but the dongle still works which is a pure input device. I maybe wrong of course but not a lot of this makes sence and it's basically defeating the object (and convenience) of having those ports on the front. One is being used up with a USB 2 dongle for keyboard/mouse. The other is basically useless. I am now in a position whereby to use a flash or HDD, I have to fart around with the rear slots or get a USB 3 hub.

This is a review forIntel NUC 11 NUC11ATKC4 Atlas Canyon mini pc kit Celeron N5105（4C/4T,2.0 GHz-2.9 GHz Burst,) 8GB RAM 512GB SSD Pre-in Winodows 11 Pro, Dual 4K diaplay,wifi5,DP1.4Intel NUC 11 NUC11ATKC4 Atlas Canyon mini pc kit Celeron N5105（4C/4T,2.0 GHz-2.9 GHz Burst,) 8GB RAM 512GB SSD Pre-in Winodows 11 Pro, Dual 4K diaplay,wifi5,DP1.4I am absolutely very impressed with this little PC. I had no idea that such things existed. This is just the ticket. It is a great size for portability, too. It has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so connectivity is a breeze.It has an external power brick that could well have been incorporated so that you don't have to carry two objects around, but that would have obviously affected its size and maybe heat problems. Anyway...I use this really for one thing, and that is to handle media. It's absolutely great, and such a space-saving little gizmo. Brilliant.

Windows was not activated on the NUC I received from Orinokia Tech. I used the key that was on the sticker they attached to the underside of the NUC and it came back invalid. I sent a message through amazon's chat and they responded in minutes. It took 3 different keys to get it activated. I was honestly not expecting to hear back let alone receive this level of support within minutes.

All Intel product. Good for driver support in the long term. Robust and compact. Excellent for office tasks and web browsing.The fan is not the most quiet out of the box. Ajustements to the minimum fan speed (35% to 25%) inside the bios fixes the noise to my taste.

There are several of these "VESA" (back of monitor) mini PCs on the market and it was interesting to see that Intel was selling their own as well.Or are they? The text reads "We are the only Amazon direct store in the world for intel NUC. All products sold from 「Next-Gen PC Shop Store」 will automatically receive a three-year free warranty service from intel's original factory from the date of order." So maybe it is a directly authorized reseller.Why does that matter? (1) Security for BIOS updates. (2) Testing for power saving, hiberation and sleep modes. (3) Reliability of USB ports. (4) Performance of memory staging between the SSD and main memory. (5) Intel drivers for networking - e.g., vs. RealtekThere's no guarantee that the Intel unit is better performing, but in my experience their packaged systems tend to be better tested. And they are less likely to push back on warranty services, though there is an untested middleman seller involved here.The overall feature set is average for this price, but the 8GB configuration is underpowered for Windows 11 with heavy browser usage.Whether 512GB is enough for your OneDrive / Google Drive (or other sync cloud storage) all depends. Plus you need a hefty empty space for your recovery files from updates or failures; this feature is often turned off in Windows, alas. (A concern, but not to do with this product offering except when you wrestle with whether 512GB is enough.)The listing is a little misleading as the seller isn't really Intel direct.PRO-Lots of USB ports, including plenty of USB3*-Intel integrated network package*-Windows 11 Pro (not Home)-DisplayPort 1.4*-4K at 60hzThe asterisked items are the least commonly found features.CON-Some mini PCs are fanless, this one isn't, though the fan isn't always on and isn't terrible.-Seller Next-Gen PC Shop isn't offering a configurable package where you can easily upgrade RAM or disk, though it may not be hard for you to self-install (the issue, if any, is compatibility of what you buy to upgrade it).-Only 8GB. Recommend the max 16GB of the dual channel type (At this stage of PC development, you should shoot for 32GB)-Touchscreen will be a challengeCAUTIONARY NOTEThe packaging advises you to remove the RAM and Hard drive if you return the machine for warranty repair. This makes me question whether the warranty is really all Intel. (You can't fully test a working system without RAM and disk/SSD, and if those devices are the source of the problem, the Intel team will advise that there's nothing wrong.)SUSTAINABILITYYou'd think Intel would say more about the power footprint of this device over its expected lifetime. Not seeing it.

Background:For reasons still mysterious I had an almost simultaneous failure in two of my computers just after Christmas. I can't explain it and will likely never know what caused it... but I do miss the wee beasties, they served me well for over 6 years. So I ended up computer shopping in earnest.My first attempt was with the Beelink SER5 5560u ... and the next month was spent wrestling with reboot failures, BIOS flaws and the general hassle of having to unplug and reconnect them multiple times a day just to keep them running. So eventually I made enough stink that Amazon extended the refund period (Thanks guys!) and I shipped the dead toys back.The right stuff:So now it's the end of January and I was once again searching in earnest... then I found the NUC11ATKC4. The ports and features were perfect for my use. So I ordered 2 of them.The first was tagged as my main desk machine which would be doing word processing, some image editing, browsing, email and occasional code compiles for a project I'm working on. The other was destined to become a Home Theatre PC teamed up with a 60 inch tv and stereo system in my living room, playing movies and music.Setup and Drivers:Right out of the box, both computers worked flawlessly. I tested them a bit with Windows 11 and then put in a customized copy of windows 10 which installed and worked perfectly from the first start-up.I then downloaded all the drivers from the Intel Support page and installed them. This went along flawlessly. A couple of the drivers are "INF" installs, but that's easy just right click on the .inf file and choose "install".Updating the BIOS was simple. Intel supplies an updater that works from within Windows. Just be patient when doing this... your system will reboot several times and there are no messages until it's complete. Let the thing run until it tells you it's finished... don't even think about interrupting it.The BIOS settings are concise, well grouped and nicely explained right on the screen. The only changes you might need to make are to set the fan to "quiet" mode and enable the feature that turns off the USB ports when you shut the computer down... both of which are optional.My two little NUCs have now been working error and trouble free every day since.About the device itself:Their construction says "quality" all the way. They are ruggedly built. The outer casing is plastic, but inside there is a sturdy metal frame. Everything you will ever need to get at --the memory, storage, wifi-- is all installed on sockets so self-maintenance or updating is a breeze.Performance:Okay, this is not a racehorse, tiny gaming computer like the competitors claim. These little guys are more like the tortoise that wins the race. They're snappy little computers that reliably do everything I need well enough to put a big ole smile on my face.For browsing, word processing, email, and general office tasks these are an excellent choice. For an HTPC these machines really shine, the 4k 60hz display and really good sound quality make them a perfect choice. But, seriously, don't expect to play a lot of graphic intense games on them.Recommended extra purchase:The default configuration is a single 8g memory stick, but the best performance comes from dual channel memory. So, when buying I contacted the seller, got the part number from the memory module and also ordered a second stick for each computer. It's really easy to add, you just undo the 4 screws on the bottom, lift off the lid and the new memory just snaps into place. Took me less than 15 minutes to do both computers. So I would suggest you also add the extra memory.Overall:I can easily recommend this little computer to my friends and clients.Gamers should probably look elsewhere.

This review will focus on the simplicity of this computer as well as some advanced functions. First off this thing is small, much smaller in size than full desktop towers, but don't let the size fool you. It's a very capable machine to do pretty much anything. Surfing online, watching 4k video streams to office type workloads for excel and word this does it all and with the latest Windows 11 operating system everything just works like it should. There is plenty of space that comes with this computer. At 512gb you can store a lot of programs and files and movies. The SSD is fast and boot up takes less than 10 seconds. Memory it has it 8gb of DDR4 RAM and it's the standard today. Monitor options are plenty with an HDMI port and a DisplayPort there is an adapter for any monitor even if you only have a DVI or even VGA monitor this will handle it with no issues.Now we turn to a Linux operating system running Ubuntu and all the bells and whistles that you have with Windows you can have with Ubuntu and everything works as it should. If you are planning to run a Plex server on this, you most defiantly can and steaming from this box while doing hardware transcoding works perfectly. I had no issues using windows that was preloaded as well as no issues using Ubuntu . WiFi drivers were found and loaded and was getting full speed with no slowdowns.For a new computer with the latest budget minded CPU this is a good system to get and you will be happy with it's performance for a long time. Highly recommend this for work or play.