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Because it's just getting louder and running hotter all the time when not really doing anything stressful
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Everything is clean inside right?
I'd look hard at the cooler, maybe re-do the paste on the cpu with a new cooler fan and see what happens.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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From what I've read Charlie it's a common fault with ageing NUCs
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I believe you. the small units are very focused. Still, if you get 10 years out of a system... In my heavy development days, after my laptop hit 3 years, I would start shopping. For my non laptop systems, I build them myself. I know exactly what is going into them. I'm looking at my Ryzen 9 machine that is thundering along after 5 years. The goal was to have sufficient horsepower to run multiple VMs. Eventually I'll get to all VMs.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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pkfox wrote: it's a common fault with ageing NUCs
That's certainly been my experience, and IMO is the untold reason Intel exited the NUC market - thermal management has always been a problem for Intel, and packing that much hardware in a tiny enclosure isn't something they can do while also providing something that'll last.
I still can barely hear the fan in my oldest Beelink even if I stick my ear right on it. When both of my NUCs were near the end of their respective lives, I could hear their fan 24/7 at a distance. I did blow dust out of them regularly with compressed air.
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I received my new box today and have spent most of the day installing stuff and so far its excellent
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Sweet 
I love these little boxes.
People keep their computers these days for a lot longer than they used to, but every time someone comes to me and asks for recommendations, this is where I start.
I have a relative who had to deal with a dead computer in his small carwash business. The Beelink I recommended blew his mind, to the point where - even though there was no problem with it and he's not a computer guy - he bought a second one to replace the old tower he was using at home.
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Both Intel NUCs I got died prematurely. Both started life very quiet, but each one's fan got progressively louder and louder (they started running hotter and hotter). One just gave up one day, and the other simply never came back up after a regional power outage (despite being on a UPS).
These days I have a bunch of Beelink systems. My most high-powered ones are a pair of SER5 Ryzen 5 (5700U), which have both been loaded up with 64GB of RAM. Both replace my older full-tower VM host, an i7-4820K - which was still going strong, but I needed to split the workload between it and something else. I also have a bunch of cheaper ones (one's hooked up to my projector, another is sitting on my desk and I remote into the VMs hosted by the other two).
I love these little boxes, to the point where whenever I see one's on sale, I have to try hard to resist getting another.
As far as Intel's concerned, it's just as well they exited the NUC market. They lost the plot - they got progressively bigger and just as expensive as desktop systems.
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I am running 2 systems that host virtual machines. One is running ESXi from VMware (don't ask) and the other boots to a Debian 12.5 image or a Debian 11.5 (backup system), dual boot. Both systems are Dell Precision workstations, 5820 purchased on eBay. The latest one was less than $400, but no video. Both systems are 64GB Ram and multiple SSD's. Main system has NVME M.2 drives (3). Quiet for me but I am HOH. I have always had great luck on eBay. YMMV.
I also host a web site and Plex server on Pi 5's. Just installed the M.2 Hat with 256 GB "drive", Debian 12, gave hdparm of 750+ MB/sec. Hat is $12, drive was about $40. I am a sucker for Pi stuff.
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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oldfool, I like you.  engineering wise
I love Pi's and I am stunned what they can do.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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If I recall correctly Intel sold their NUC business to Asus...
FWIW - I have an Asus ExpertCenter PN64-B w/ i5-13500H, Integrated Iris graphics, 32Gb DDR5 4800, 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2 SSD (System) plus a 1TB Samsung 850 EVO mSATA SSD (Back Up). I'm running Fedora WS.
It's generally fast and pretty quiet.
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Thanks chaps keep em comin
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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So, a quick google search says this system is roughly 8 years old. Based on what you have posted, requirements:
- quiet
- storage
- ram
The cpu will be much faster by definition, you'll likely double your ram and ssd's have gotten larger and cheaper. So your focus should be on quiet. Go for a lower power cpu (less cooling == quiet). Maybe an NVME ssd? But you may want something else. Other than that, a higher end cooling fan.
Don't know what your budget is, but from other comments $800 seems really high.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q i5-6500T. 32GB of ram and 1TB NVMe in it. Quiet, small and not very power hungry.I have Arch installed on it and it runs beautifully.
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Thanks I'll check it out
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yes, that Futurama, the show they just couldn't keep down despite its horrible treatment by Fox. It's on Hulu now. For another batch of 10 episodes or so, is my understanding.
In terms of TV production, we sure live in interesting times. Before streaming, once a show got cancelled, it was just unthinkable it'd ever come back.
What other show do you think met its demise too soon and deserves a comeback? Personally I was thinking Firefly, but the movie put the kibosh on the whole storyline that had been planned to stretch things out into multiple seasons, so frankly I'd rather not have it come back and then watch the story getting fundamentally changed...
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