Article: CAPS v4 Maroubra and Bundoran

[beetlemania]

Here's a way to do this cheaper if you have Music stored on a NAS

 

$350 Intel NUC Amazon.com: Intel NUC BOXD54250WYKH1 Intel 4th Gen Intel Core i5-4250U with Intel HD Graphics 5000: Computers & Accessories

$66 Crucial 8GB Amazon.com: Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3 - 12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Modules CT2CP51264BF160B: Computers & Accessories

$56 Kingston 60GB SSD - Kingston SMS200S3/60G 60GB Mini-SATA (mSATA) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - Newegg.com

$140 Fanless Case ML320 Ruggedized Fanless Haswell NUC Case | Logic Supply

 

 

Another fanless case option is the Akasa Tesla H (~$110), tho' it probably isn't compatible with the SGC faceplate.

 

Cheapskates might also consider the i-3 version of the NUC. It's about $75 less than the i-5 Chris chose. Altho' the i-5 version has a benchmark score ~40% greater than the i-3 version, you might note that the i-3 has a benchmark score nearly FOUR times greater than the mobo used in the CAPS3 Carbon!

[beetlemania]

I am very excited about the Bundoran, but Chris's article doesn't say anything about a heat sink or other cooling for the Logic Supply ML320 case. Their website says "Installation of the mainboard with a heat sink/heat pipe combination is required," but doesn't give any instructions or recommendations. I guess I thought all I had to do was swap out the mainboard from the NUC Kit into the ML320.

 

 

Yes, that is confusing. I think the chassis *is* the heat sink, that's certainly the description elsewhere. But that language muddies the issue.