I'm thinking of getting a new box for basic, low-end gaming, and liked the look of these. I know they're underpowered, but so was my last box. So is there any chance of significantly upping the speed of them? Even if decent cooling needs to be used (yes, I'm probably going to use a 12v powered esky, so not decent, but cooler than ambient), is it worth it?
There's been significant'ish gains made in graphics and memory performance by some, but will a decent bios eventually be able to unlock some more juice out of them (especially processor/graphics)? There's been some motherboards that have been able to re-volt and re-ratio non "K" style Intel Haswell processors, but is this a bios or a motherboard/chipset thing? Is there a comparative side/back-door in any NUC models that are known about? Is it the ASRock bios, or hardware?
Article here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/h87-express-overclocking-bug,23273.htmland here:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20130626230852_Asrock_Mainboard_s_BIOS_Feature_Unlocks_CPU_Multipliers_on_Intel_H87_Platform.htmlThere's been reasonable gains enabled by upping wattage available to these small form factor boxes, with perhaps more on offer with decent fans, cooling or ventilation holes. Article here:
http://www.legitreviews.com/how-to-get-more-graphics-performance-from-the-intel-nuc_136218 As well as slight performance gains in overclocking memory. Article here:
http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-nuc-kit-d54250wyk-overclocking_124444So, is it to your mind, worth using it as a low-end box? I'd love some input on if point #1 is even possible on these boxes, and if points #2+3 are worth considering. Underpowered, undersized fake-PC, or potentially the "big boys" RasberryPi, when you want the whole damn cake and eat it too?
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