Intel NUC NUC8i7BEH2 - Bean Canyon
Intel Core i7-8559U
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30 reviews
Works very well as a hypervisor for virtual machines
I use this NUC as a hypervisor for my test lab privately, with 32GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD and 2TB HDD.
First I wanted to use Nutanix CE, but it didn't work because apparently the hardware is "too new" (or the latest version of Nutanix CE is too old).
Forum thread here (only works with login):
https://next.nutanix.com/discussion...
After that I installed CentOS 7 with oVirt. Runs without problems and quite fast. Creating a new VM from the template only takes a few seconds!
Normally the machine is completely silent. If you generate a higher load (e.g. several VMs booting at the same time) the fan kicks in. But even this noise is not disturbing.
I could imagine using the device in meeting rooms for Zoom Room video conferencing software.
I am very satisfied and would buy the product again.Use this NUC as a media PC, you can disable all LEDs and it is not audible.
+ 4K HDMI
+ Ideal as a media centre
+ LEDs can all be deactivatedVery good product
Installed VMWare ESX 6.7 without difficulty with the addition of a DLINK USB-GigaEthernet adapter. Super fast. Quiet with the fan set to minimum, does not heat up.
Pro
- Design, size
Contra
- One network card
Great small and fast server - Linux and Kubernetes
Very fast little thing.
I installed 32Gb RAM, a great M.2 SSD 1Tb, and I'm running an Ubuntu server, with Kubernetes/docker. Very great!Rapid dwarf
Super fast and quiet. Delivers 4k@60Hz on HDMI connection without any problems.
The best NUC I have ever had
My equipment:
- Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, M.2 (MZ-V7S500BW) (as system drive).
- ADATA Ultimate SU800 1TB, SATA (ASU800SS-1TT-C)
(as workhorse....here the SSD Lifetime can tear down with pleasure)
- G.Skill RipJaws SO-DIMM Kit 32GB, DDR4-2400, CL16-16-39 (F4-2400C16D-32GRS)
Performance:
Since this CPU on this NUC goes straight to turbo at higher load,
the device is, as expected, quite obtrusive fan-wise.
That was also the reason why I usually only bought i3 NUCs before,
You don't have that per se with the fan volume.
Who is bothered by the "blow-drying" with this NUC?
1) disable TURBO in the BIOS
2) alternative (better)
Windows 10 Power Options -> Additional Power Settings --> Change Power Plan -->Change Advanced Power Settings --> Processor Power Management -->
Change maximum processor power state from 100% to 99%.
That's enough.
The native CPU base speed will still be reached.
Only the Turbo Mode is no longer switched on, which causes the fan to run up.
I boot Win10 using the super-fast Samsung EVO 970 Plus.
The system is up and available in record time.
Virtual PCs via Virtualbox are stored on the image side for fast access, even on the fast NVMe SSD.
And thanks to the 32GB Ram I provided, it's no problem to assign 8GB Ram to the virtual machines.
Subjectively, these virtual machines start up faster than a physical machine.
The speed is breathtaking.
Negatives:
Nothing so far ;-) Let's keep it that way !Pro
- Thunderbolt 3 via USB-C
- Display port/HDMI via USB-C adapter
- Intel Iris Plus 655 iGFX
- 4k UHD videos (all) without any problems !
6 out of 30 reviews
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