I had posted earlier about wanting to buy a NUC (and I still might end up doing that), but with the release of the Core i3 8100 @ ~$120, that got me thinking about the possibilities of a SFF system based around this processor and then having a single PCIe x16 slot for a future graphics card upgrade (to be able to upgrade video decode support mainly).
The requirements are:
Any other advice for doing a quiet SFF build would also be appreciated.
This is all still theoretical, though, since there don't yet exist any Coffee Lake supporting motherboards with HDMI 2.0 output. EVGA has one on the way, but it is full ATX and I'd prefer Micro or Mini ATX. I may have to wait for H370-based boards.
The requirements are:
- Needs to be very responsive.
- Needs to be quiet.
- Needs to be able to output 4K60 & HDR
- Needs to fit on a shelf that isn't particularly deep, but is fairly wide, and height isn't really an issue.
- Primarily used for streaming web-based and local media and will also be used as a destination for steam in-home streaming.
Any other advice for doing a quiet SFF build would also be appreciated.
This is all still theoretical, though, since there don't yet exist any Coffee Lake supporting motherboards with HDMI 2.0 output. EVGA has one on the way, but it is full ATX and I'd prefer Micro or Mini ATX. I may have to wait for H370-based boards.