Intel NUC 8 Mainstream Kit (NUC8i7BEH) - Core i7, Tall, Add't Components Needed

notice the price could have been changed when you watch this video and you can check the current price or discount by clicking the link in description review by grigory the seven Knox's that they are small but not silent this generation does not fix it for all the usual tasks like watching YouTube doing office work really light gaming it is quiet and stays around 40 C but if you are hoping to use its i7 to its full potential be prepared for the Nook to hit 85 degrees with irritating fan noise the single best solution I found to cope with the noise is to turn off the turbo boost in BIOS for example I have a Python script that does some data analysis without turbo boost that ran for around 19 minutes at 50 degrees package temperature with little noise ambient temperature was 23 C with turbo boost on it took only 11 minutes but at the cost of hitting 90 degrees with a really loud fan also