Core I5 HD5000 Inel Nuc w/ free 4GB G.Skill Ram @ Newegg.com

The cost of the Nuc is 350 USD and the 4GB SO-DIMM (33.99) is free.

Make sure to buy a second G.Skill 4GB module to match the one you get.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231702
It only costs $28.99 right now for the second 4GB SO-DIMM.

Very important to run your ram in dual channel mode in the NUC. OS X will run much better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102055&cm_re=NUC-_-56-102-055-_-Product

There are excellent detailed install guides (Clover and Chimera) by Minihack and Wonkey Donkey.
Just use search to find them.

Nice find and a good deal there yup!

2 x ram sticks is an absolute must!

We have some really good guides about and my belated Yosemite guide using Multibeast and Unibeast is well under way too.

WonkeyDonkey said:

Nice find and a good deal there yup!

2 x ram sticks is an absolute must!

We have some really good guides about and my belated Yosemite guide using Multibeast and Unibeast is well under way too.

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Thanks for putting that new Yosemite guide together. Greatly anticipated.
Have you found the I5 cpu/HD5000 at 1.4GHZ to have any difficulty with graphics
intensive tasks like photo and video editing ? Or is it best to not use the
NUC for those purposes. Is moving up to 16GB of ram needed for it to really
perform well ? I'm sure that with a fast SSD and 8GB of ram it completely
outperforms the 499 USD Mac Mini.

The CPU is 1.3 with turbo to 2.6 and works very well. There will be the obvious limitations for anything too intensive but for regular dekstop work its fine. Great for a media server or similar role too.

It could probably manage photo editing though no speed awards for that of course. I only use Pixelmator for photos and thats just fine. I cant speak for video editing since its not something I do.

The ram is the same as any Mac I guess, the more you have available the smoother it will generally run. I would suggest 8Gb (2x4) to be the minimum, since you have to consider that the GPU will eat into that as well.

It runs very smooth overall though, with the personality of a MacbookAir6,2.