NUC Kit

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NUC Kit

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Drivers for INTEL DC3217IYE

Intel says it does https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/71275/intel-nuc-kit-dc3217iye/specifications.html I mean for 20 bucks it's worth just trying and then using the auto intel-driver-installer utility to see what it finds.It probably just uses the generic legacy Intel HD driver pa

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stosyfir in r/windowsxp

June 11, 2025 3:14 PM

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Planning to get a NUC8i7HVK (hades canyon); is it still worth today compared to other mini pc with Ryzen APU in the same 400-800 dollars range?

I've got one. It has better drivers on Linux. The windows one, due to the hybrid amd/Intel apu became unsupported in about 2022. I was dual booting up until a few months ago when I bought a Legion laptop. I'll be installing Ubuntu server on the hades-canyon to use as my server, the apu will be pheno

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M0rphF13nd in r/intelnuc

April 11, 2026 6:24 AM

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NUC5CPYH, troubles, and I feel like a newb.

I've got one of these, currently running HAOS (Home Assistant OS, a customised Linux server). It's fine for that purpose but it's a very slow machine for any kind of desktop OS. Windows 10 was very slow on it and the integrated graphics weren't powerful enough for 1080p streaming. Even Linux desktop

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ChunkyBezel in r/intelnuc

September 6, 2025 6:44 AM

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Intel Nuc6I7kyk bios

beedunc in r/intelnuc

May 20, 2026 1:06 PM

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Planning to get a NUC8i7HVK (hades canyon); is it still worth today compared to other mini pc with Ryzen APU in the same 400-800 dollars range?

$350 or less, don't overspend on something so old. Especially since the driver situation is iffy. But yes, typically any mini PC with a Strix Point APU that has a Radeon 890M should outperform the HVK in gaming by a bit. Intel's new Panther Lake chips are apparently even better. If you have any work

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AVahne in r/intelnuc

April 10, 2026 11:14 PM

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Linux and BIOS struggles with a D54250WYK

I own this onehttps://www.intel.de/content/www/de/de/products/sku/83257/intel-nuc-kit-nuc5i3ryh/specifications.htmland installed CachyOS for the snappiness. Works flawless and even runs games like Hollow Knight Silksong, but since it's a rolling release, I don't know if its a good idea for a server.

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6ty7er in r/intelnuc

March 31, 2026 5:16 PM

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Nuc Skull Canyon i7 in 2025

Don't quite know where to start with this line of inquiry, but: This doesn't officially support Windows 11, and it's possible that using workarounds to install it will result in weird breakage leaving you unable to install security updates. Because Skull Canyon only supports PCIe 3.0 and TB3, the OC

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IntensiveVocoder in r/intelnuc

May 9, 2025 5:44 PM

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