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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I'm keeping an eye out for a good deal on an Intel NUC. I don't game on a desktop anymore, so the built in GPU on the Intel processors will be plenty enough to run my HTPC and media server.
My 5 year old full height tower PC consumes 40 watts at idle, and I leave it on at all times since it has a Plex server people like to use. It's running an i5-3570k CPU and 8GB RAM.
I can't justify upgrading though, because even though the PC is 5 years old, it's plenty fast enough to handle anything I want to do, including photo and video editing, and movie transcoding.
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i5-2XXX generation and up is still plenty good for today's... everything! The 2500's are still doing great on most games and software titles. So, why bother!
Anywho, I have a NUC (well, the Gigabyte Brix) and used it with Steam Streaming to play games with from my more powerful PC that was only turned on when I needed a gaming fix. Great way to have the best of both worlds without running your high-powered machine all the time.