Editing Intel NUC (section)

== Use Cases ==
The primary use case for Intel NUCs are when you need a very small, silent homelab, which can fit into just about any space and any room, be it your office, your living room, or even your bedroom!

In addition, due to the very low power consumption, they are ideal from a "green" perspective, as well as keeping your electricity bill low.

Beyond that of course, there is a certain nerdy coolness to running a very powerful and fully featured lab in just a few inches of compute, especially if you combine it with some of the [[Intel_NUC#Racking_NUCs|NUC Racks]]! :)

The main time you should avoid using Intel NUCs is if you plan to run their CPUs constantly at a high utilisation. In this case their cooling will need to kick in, which can generate a very irritating high pitched noise. If you want something which is permanently running at high CPU utilisation but stays quiet, your best bet is probably a whitebox solution in a tower case, utilising silent fans and a silent, "gold" rated PSU, though you can expect your power bill to go up in this instance.