Can the relatively inexpensive and tiny form factor Intel NUC be a good photo editing computer? The PC counterpart to Apple's Mac Mini, this is the first in a series of videos taking a look at the Intel 10th generation Next Unit of Computing (NUC) to see how well it can run Lightroom and Photoshop.

You can buy an Intel NUC fully assembled, but I like the ability to chose the components that go into the computer. Even if you have never built a PC before, an Intel NUC kit makes it very easy. In this episode my son, who has never built a computer before, unboxes and assembles the computer.

Chapters:
Unboxing 00:27
Front Ports 01:34
SD card slot 02:14
Rear Ports 02:29
Installation of RAM 05:46
Installation of SSD hard drive 7:01
How to create Windows 10 installation USB 10:03
BIOS showing everything is installed 15:10
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Check out the blog post that goes through all of the details about why this makes a really good photo editing computer:
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Hardware in the video (affiliate links):

Intel BXNUC10i7FNH Core i7-10710U 6-Core NUC Mini PC ($600) [ Ссылка ]

Samsung 970 PRO SSD 512GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive ($170) [ Ссылка ]

Crucial 64GB Kit (32GBx2) DDR4 2666 MT/S CL19 SODIMM 260-Pin Memory ($320) [ Ссылка ]

SanDisk 128GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 ($18.99): [ Ссылка ]

Windows 10 Professional License ($180) [ Ссылка ]

Windows 10 Media Creation Tool (free): [ Ссылка ]

Total cost: $1,290
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Other options for building your own NUC that will all run Lightroom and Photoshop well

--2x the storage (slightly slower) of mine--
Samsung 970 EVO SSD 1TB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive ($180) [ Ссылка ]

--2x the storage (same speed) of mine--
Samsung 970 PRO SSD 1TB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State ($340) [ Ссылка ]

--4x the storage (slightly slower) of mine--
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive ($450) [ Ссылка ]

--4x the storage (slower but still pretty fast) of mine--
Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD ($340) [ Ссылка ]

--4x the storage (slower and slightly less quality) of mine --
Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD ($230) [ Ссылка ]

--If you want to spend more for EXACTLY the same thing--
Windows 10 Pro Download Microsoft ($199.99): [ Ссылка ]

--If you want to spend a little less and are fine with updates forced on you--
Windows 10 Home Amazon ($129.99): [ Ссылка ]
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Pre-built NUC (no assembly or Windows 10 install)

All of these will do great with Lightroom and Photoshop. You can opt for more storage so that you can put your Lightroom catalog on the drive or save a little money by going with less RAM.

--Same as mine--
Intel NUC NUC10i7FNH1 Mini PC/HTPC, Six-Core i7 - Up to 4.7GHz Turbo, 500GB NVMe SSD, 64GB DDR4-2666Mhz RAM ($1,300) [ Ссылка ]

--2x storage (slightly slower) of mine--
Intel NUC NUC10i7FNH1 Mini PC/HTPC, Six-Core i7 - Up to 4.7GHz Turbo, 1TB NVMe SSD, 64GB DDR4-2666 Mhz RAM ($1,350) [ Ссылка ]

--2x storage (slower) of mine--
Intel NUC NUC10i7FNH Ultra Small Mini PC/HTPC - 10th Gen Intel 6-Core i7-10710U up to 4.70 GHz CPU, 64GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD ($1,130) [ Ссылка ]

--Half the RAM, 4x the storage (slightly slower) of mine--
Intel NUC NUC10i7FNH1 Mini PC/HTPC, Six-Core i7 - Up to 4.7GHz Turbo, 2TB NVMe SSD, 32GB DDR4-2666 Mhz RAM ($1,300) [ Ссылка ]
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Detailed hardware information of various Intel 10th generation NUC

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