Intel Next Unit of Computing Board NUC7i3DNBE - Core i3-7100U [BLKNUC7i3DNBE]

 Intel manages to realize a whole computer on a tiny miniature system and yet not to do without power. The UCFF (Ultra Compact Form Factor) form factor of the NUC standard, with a height of 10.16 x 10.16 cm, can definitely be described as outstandingly small.

The features of the Intel Next Unit of Computing Board NUC7i3DNBE at a glance:
- UCFF form factor, 101.6 x 101.6 mm
- Powerful Kaby Lake Core i3-7100U with four cores (including Hyper-Threading), 2.4 GHz clocking
- Extremely low 15 watt TDP, integrated fan
- Integrated graphics unit Intel UHD Graphics 620 with 4K support
- Space for two SO-DIMMs up to 32 GB and 2,133 MHz
- 2x HDMI 2.0a, 6x USB-3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 1x GBit-LAN
- 1x SATA, 1x M.2 M-Key 2280/2242 PCIe x4 / SATA, 1x M.2 E-Key PCIe 2230

Intel's NUC7i3DNBE: Much power in a small space
Amazing is the not under the size suffering extensibility of the dwarf. Not only does it offer two SO-DIMM slots for up to 32 GB DDR4 RAM with up to 2,133 MHz clock speed, four external and one additional internal USB 3.0 ports as well as an internal USB 2.0 header for two ports. In addition, two HDMI ports in version 2.0a, fast Gigabit LAN, a SATA 6G port and two state-of-the-art M.2 slots for expansion with an M.2 SSD (M-Key, 2280/2242, PCIe -3.0 mode or SATA) or a WLAN dongle (E-Key, 2230, occupies a USB 2.0 port). The Intel Core i3-7100U (Kaby Lake) has four cores that can clock at 2.6 GHz, boost up to 3.5 GHz and thanks to SMT can handle eight threads simultaneously. However, the outstanding performance potential combined with low power consumption is particularly important: with only 15 watts TDP, the NUC is also suitable as a HTPC system.

Intel's integrated UHD Graphics 620 is also used in the system-on-a-chip (SoC) with the Core i3-7100U processor. It offers a lot of power for full-HD encoding and output, supports HDMI transmission up to the 2.0a standard and even supports 4K at 60 Hz. The power requirement of the external power adapter is only 65 watts (at 19 volts). A power-saving, ultra-small system that is nevertheless equipped for all daily tasks and even suitable for multimedia and gaming is no longer an unfulfillable desire with the NUC board NUC7i3DNBE.

Technical details:
- Dimensions: 101.6 x 101.6 mm (W x D)
- Format: UCFF
- Standard: Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC)
- Chipset: System-on-a-Chip (SoC)
- CPU: Intel Core i3-7100U, 4x 2.4 GHz (including Hyper-Threading), 3 MB L3 cache, 15 W TDP (including Intel UHD Graphics 620)
- RAM: 2x DDR4 SO-DIMM (max 2.133 MHz, 32 GB)
Internal connections:
- 1x SATA 6G
- 1x M.2 M-Key, Type 2242, 2280 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA)
- 1x M.2 E-Key, Type 2230 (PCIe)
- 1x USB 3.0 (1x header)
- 2x USB 2.0 (1x header, occupies a USB 2.0 port)
- 1x serial header
- 1x TPM header
External connections:
- 2x HDMI 2.0a
- 4x USB 3.0
- 1x Gigabit LAN
- 1x power supply hollow connector
- Power supply: external 19 volt power supply with 65 - watts