Intel NUC 7 Mainstream Kit (NUC7i3BNK) - Core i3, Short, Add't Components Needed

this review is for the box nook 8 i5 bay 1 the tall i5 kit that does not include dram or hdd note that i3 i5 and i7 reviews are unhelpfully combined here unless you know how to filter the reviews [Applause] first things first this is a great piece of hardware i have owned several mini pcs including gigabytes last generation and an atom based asus i've built dozens of pcs over the years i use this nuke as a media center htpc and so far it is completely silent and emits no discernible heat considering that my gigabyte would occasionally sound like a hair dryer and my fanless atom ran hot i am very happy with this i'm not gaming on this unit but for casual use i am very pleased with the thermal profile on the other hand the out-of-box experience on this kit is the absolute worst i have ever seen anywhere the instructions documentation is essentially non-existent the assembly instructions e