First, the unit itself is awesome. Very sleek and quite professional looking despite the size, super impressed and totally soundless.
I put 8GB of ram on it and for setup an old 2.5" HD till my M.2 comes in later this week. Made a bootable USB installation stick (Google how to) for CENTOS and Win10 and set it up for dual boot. It works fantastic. I bought the I3 unit (dual core with hyper threading) and was amazed at how fast it runs. Not sure how much better the i5 or i7 unit would be in terms of bang for the buck. The video is built in Intel so eh... For the price, the i3 unit is the sweet spot I'm thinking. I've fooled with Celeron unit in the past and would not recommend it. Quad core Pentium yes, Celeron no way. I know it would leave you very disappointed, unless you expected no performance at all and just want to be as inexpensive as possible. I also borrowed a Mini Port to VGA adapter and ran two full HD monitors just fine, BUT this will never be a screaming gamer box so don't even go there if that's what you expect. You will be disappointed.
The i3 also has VM hardware support so you can do Android development/host VMs, etc. Probably doesn't matter, but I will put Android Studio on this box, so it does to me.
Since VRAM is cut out of DRAM, I'd build it out this way and I think you'll be happy:
1) 8GB memory (single stick works fine and will let you stick in another stick at some point)
2) Some sort of M.2 SSD (right now 250GB appears to be the sweet spot price point and you can always add a 2.5 HDD for storage on the cheap later),
3) Add some sort of Wireless keyboard/mouse (I'm using Logitech K320 and M215 as I had an extra set laying around),
4) An HDMI Interfaced 1920x1080 monitor
5) You're in business.
Clean virtually wireless setup and real good bang for the buck. Super clean if you attach it (VESA standard holes) to the back of your monitor. Think real cheap all in one without the disadvantages if it breaks. You can add an external DVD for $30.00 if you want to watch DVDs. After the KB/mouse and DVD, you'll still have two USB ports built in for expansion of printer/cam/headset/etc.
I don't know about UHD 4K support as I have no UHD to test it on. It says it will run it and probably will for streaming/business but no games I'd imagine.
Also didn't try the built in ethernet, just went wireless and it worked fine.
Now, on to my only issue - I bought it used from Amazon Warehouse deals and I highly recommend going that route (I'm sure that most returns are because when it arrived and wasn't plug and play it went back and I'll take the savings and thank you non readers very much) BUT you may only get the box and power supply. The VESA mount kit, the 2.5" HD mounting rails and ribbon cable, and all paperwork may/will be missing. So sit it on your desk, use an M.2 SSD, by an MP-VGA/DMI/HDMI adapter if you want dual monitors, download the manuals and enjoy the savings. But KNOW there will most likely be missing stuff and Amazon will let you return it but will not give you the missing parts.
Now here is something I did and you may be able to as well - When I called Amazon about getting the missing stuff and they said no can do and offered RMA and I said no, I wanted it, but before I could type my next message, they popped up and offered me a $90.00 refund to get missing parts locally. Of course I said yes. Maybe you can, too. I had a tiny ribbon cable for the HD from an old laptop, mounted it with a bit of hot glue, ordered a $7.95 MP to VGA adapter and have a perfect plate of metal to fab my VESA mount, so I'm totally happy AND spent $110.00 instead of $200.00. $90.00 for five minutes work - I'll do that all day long!
Overall, super impressed and it took about ninety minutes to go from opening the box to totally done.
| Standing screen display size | 23 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 pixels |
| Processor | 3.9 GHz core_i3 |
| RAM | 16 GB DDR4 |
| Hard Drive | SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Intel Integrated Graphics |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 1 GB |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
