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Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - MediaPi - 2014-06-12
In UK. so not many options. basically the cheapest NUC or a standard 1037U
The price of the 1037U is £105.31. This is a complete package. dual wifi. 2gb Ram 24GB ssd. with windows 7/8. For a NUC your talking about about £ 95.00 then you need RAM, storage, (WIFI if you need one).
So here it goes which from these two will give you best performance. If you would rate both in terms of price/performance. And what the benefits of one as apposed to the other
Here is the link for 1037U. Decent ratings. the 1037U looks alot better in my opinion
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ultra-Thin-Cloud-Computer-Mini-PC-with-Intel-Celeron-1037U-Dual-Core-2GB-RAM-16GB-SSD/1420820917.html
and the NUC
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/mini-pc-barebone/intel-intel-next-unit-of-computing-kit-dn2820fykh-barebone/22128523-a.html
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - Dougie Fresh - 2014-06-12
If you want HD audio bitstreaming (DTS-MA/Dolby TrueHD) in Windows don't get the N2820. It's broken or not supported depending on who you ask. Otherwise, it doesn't matter there's very little difference in perceived performance.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - MediaPi - 2014-06-12
so 1037U is cheaper to buy and cheaper to run (almost half TDP). fanless and has the ability to perfrom HD audio bitreaming in Windows. so this should be recommended to folks at UK? wonder if customs will stop this. It looks so much better than a NUC to. Wish I had the money.
I think you even get a HDMI cable with the aliexpress one.
Dougie have you thought about adding one of these boxes to your line up?
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - xbs08 - 2014-06-12
Half TDP?
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - jjd-uk - 2014-06-12
The Ivy Bridge graphics in the Celeron 1037 doesn't do 24Hz video right if that's important, for that you'll need the newer Haswell Celeron 2955 however that doesn't seem to be that widely available in Mini PC's, all that's available in the UK is the Gigabyte Brix 2955 since the Asus Chromebox is not yet available.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - MediaPi - 2014-06-12
TDP - Thermal design power
the 1037U has 17 while the NUC N2820 has *my bad* it has 7.5 W so I guess the NUC takes less power to run?
Is 24Hz video used alot? If one was to use this as just streaming content to tv. SD and HD would it be a problem? I'm currently using a RPi. does RPi have the same issue?
The Gigabyte Brix 2955 comes in at 150% the value of the aliexpress box.
EDIT also jjd-uk does the NUC N2820 suffer the same 24Hz problem?
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - xbs08 - 2014-06-12
Less than half TDP for the NUC.
No, the NUC doesnt have that issue neither does the RPI iirc.
NUC comes with WiFi, ir and BT.
To run OE it only needs 2GB of RAM and USB stick.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - MediaPi - 2014-06-12
Thanks xbs08 I'm leaning more on Nucs side now LOL. or a custom built of asrock j1900
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - jjd-uk - 2014-06-12
If only being used for streaming media with no other usage, then the NUC with a Linux distro will give HD audio (it's only in Windows you can't do HD audio), and for an appliance feel you can go with Openelec.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - jjd-uk - 2014-06-12
Btw, I wouldn't touch pixmania with a barge pole if you decide to go for the NUC, somewhere like lambda-tek is a much better bet, http://www.lambda-tek.com/BOXDN2820FYKH0-Intel-DN2820FYK-Next-Unit-of-Computing-NUC-Celeron-N2820-2-4GHz-WLAN-BT-Integrated-Graphics-~cs/2993085&origin=gbaseGB12.10
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - MediaPi - 2014-06-12
Thanks jjd-uk The NUC wins it at the end. can't wait to see the next iteration of the NUC.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - Dougie Fresh - 2014-06-12
(2014-06-12, 15:13)MediaPi Wrote: Dougie have you thought about adding one of these boxes to your line up?
They're collecting dust over on eBay
.Plenty of J1900 in the line-up though.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - two515ty - 2014-06-13
+1 for the NUC. Throw in 2 GB of RAM and it'll run just about anything. Don't forget it has IR support built in, so you can also control it with a remote.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - dhead - 2014-06-13
(2014-06-12, 16:00)jjd-uk Wrote: The Ivy Bridge graphics in the Celeron 1037 doesn't do 24Hz video right if that's important, for that you'll need the newer Haswell Celeron 2955 however that doesn't seem to be that widely available in Mini PC's, all that's available in the UK is the Gigabyte Brix 2955 since the Asus Chromebox is not yet available.
The current status of the Celeron 2955 graphic driver isn't good (tested on my Acer C720), at least in kernel 3.14.4 and xf86-video-intel 2.99.911.
Something is definitely broken with VA-API, got allot of tearing and in XBMC 13.1 video is freezing completely forcing me to kill xbmc.bin.
I saw report about it also in OpenELEC's Github issue list.
RE: Intel 1037U vs N2820 NUC - Matt Devo - 2014-06-14
(2014-06-13, 15:49)dhead Wrote: The current status of the Celeron 2955 graphic driver isn't good (tested on my Acer C720), at least in kernel 3.14.4 and xf86-video-intel 2.99.911.
Something is definitely broken with VA-API, got allot of tearing and in XBMC 13.1 video is freezing completely forcing me to kill xbmc.bin.
I saw report about it also in OpenELEC's Github issue list.
Intel driver bug, disabling hardware acceleration (VAAPI) fixes the issue at the cost of higher CPU usage