Fortysomething Geek

Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing platform). This is a 4"x4" i3 Ivy Bridge micro pc. As you can see in the picture above, it is very small. To the left of it is a Seagate 2.5" Go-Flex portable hard drive. That is how small it is.

NewEgg sells them for $300-310 (the higher one includes Thunderbolt). Both come with USB and HDMI. All you need is an mSATA drive and a few laptop dimms. And apparently according to a few people over at tonymac, these are hackintosh friendly.

I am so tempted to pick up a Thunderbolt model. I am very, very, very tempted but I need to justify it.

Here is a youtube video intro




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I really like my new Cooler Master’s Hyper 212 Evo heatsink.

This 35ドル heatsink is definitely a good buy. It is pretty big and supports two 120mm fans.
It keeps the i7 3770K very cool without resorting to water plumbing. Only drawback is some cases will not enclose it due to its girth.

It runs about 21-28 degrees celsius at idle. At full tilt, I have not seen it go over 60 degrees. For most use, it hovers around the mid thirties.

Here it is running 94-96% CPU load across all cores running a BluRay Handbrake to 1080p h.264 file and creating a 10GB 256 bit AES encrypted Truecrypt file container at the same time. Both are very CPU intensive. 96% load and it never went over 60 degrees.





Impressive indeed.


Link:

http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=3053
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-RR-212E-20PK-R2/dp/B005O65JXI


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