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# Quad-core Intel Celeron J3455 @1.5GHz Supports 2.5" SSD/HDD upgrade 4K UHD HDMI 2.0 output @ 60Hz BOXNUC6CAYH NUC Kit Components

**Brand:** intel
**Price:** € 232.20
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your workspace with compact 4K power — don’t get left behind!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** BOXNUC6CAYH NUC Kit Components by intel
- **How much does it cost?** € 232.20 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- intel enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted intel brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Stunning 4K Visuals:** Experience ultra-sharp 4K resolution at 60Hz via HDMI 2.0 for crisp media and signage.
- • **Seamless Connectivity:** Equipped with multiple USB 3.0 ports and dual-band 802.11ac WiFi for fast data and network access.
- • **Compact Yet Expandable:** Small form factor with room for a 2.5" SSD or HDD to boost speed and storage.
- • **Future-Ready Media Center:** Dual-array mic and customizable LED ring add flair while supporting Windows 10 for versatile use.
- • **Customizable Barebone Powerhouse:** Build your perfect PC with freedom to choose OS, memory, and storage.

## Overview

The Intel BOXNUC6CAYH NUC Kit is a sleek, customizable mini PC barebone featuring a quad-core Intel Celeron J3455 processor, integrated Intel HD Graphics 500, and 4K UHD HDMI 2.0 output at 60Hz. Designed for professionals seeking a compact yet powerful solution, it supports Windows 10 and allows upgrades with your choice of memory and 2.5" SSD or HDD storage. Ideal for digital signage, media centers, or lightweight PC replacements, it combines efficient performance with future-proof connectivity in a stylish, space-saving design.

## Description

Intel NUC Kit NUC6CAYH is built with a quad-core Intel Celeron processor, delivers cost-efficient Intel-level performance in a fully customizable kit that makes it perfect for basic 4K digital signage, PC replacement, or thin client. This kit gives you the choice to install the OS, memory, and hard drive you want so you can create the exact system that you need. New features include a dual-array front mic and a multi-color LED ring so you can customize your NUC with the look you want. And there's 4K display support via a full-sized HDMI 2.0 port, so you can have 4K digital signs at a cost-eﬀective price point.

Review: Wonderful product for media center use - I wanted to wait until after I had this product for a couple of days to get a feel for it, and that time has now elapsed. I will likely re-visit this review in the future, due to some minor expected issues due to it being a new product. For what this system is, it is incredible. This is a complete system (including windows 10 license), with everything you need to get started. And, it is upgradeable, which for most use cases I would highly recommend pursuing. I was quite surprised at how well the system ran with just the included 2GB of ram. When I had the system connected to a 1080P display, I did not have many complaints with the 2GB, however I could tell some things were a bit sluggish than they otherwise should be and memory usage hovered very close to maximum. Switching over to my 4K tv, though, and I REALLY will need more. (I have placed an order for two 4GB sticks to max this system out while getting the speed advantage of dual-channel. You could also go with a single stick of 8GB for a huge boost, you would just be missing out on the interleaving gains). Basically, when using 4K output, especially when attempting to play videos, I was seeing dropped frames any time I did anything as intensive as moving my mouse. When everything except the video was still, the system was fine, using very little processing power despite playing 4K video. And about that 4K video out. This is a bit of a caveat at present, but in another month or two I expect this to have been resolved. If you use Microsoft's Edge browser, you will have no worries. Hardware accelerated VP9 (youtube) and HEVC (everything else 4K) will work just fine. If you use Chrome, however, you will need to do a workaround to force the browser to use hardware acceleration. I am not going to get into the details of how to do this, but know that there has already been a code commit to unrestrict this, it is just a matter of waiting for it to filter into the released version of the browser. (This restriction on VP9 decoding in Chrome had been put in place from the Skylake generation of CPUs, which for a time supported a hybrid GPU/CPU decode for this codec. It turns out it was very buggy, and so Intel recently removed support for it from the driver, but not before Chrome took their own step of blacklisting accelerated VP9 decode on all Intel graphic chipsets.) It is worth noting that even before I took the steps to force-enable the VP9 decoding in chrome, the system was able to mostly handle up to 1080P 60FPS content with very few drops. 4K, however, definitely required the hardware acceleration for smooth playback. Other than the small amount of included RAM, the other obvious limitation on this system is in the included disk, which is actually effectively seen as an internal MMC card. This means serialized writes and relatively poor performance. I have not benchmarked it specifically, but the flashing activity light was very prolonged in its activity while I had it as my primary storage. I was fairly quick to install a SATA SSD in the system and clone the internal storage to it. Since then, disk activity has gone way down and responsiveness has increased. During my install of the SSD, I ran into an issue that surprised me from an Intel system. Specifically, I was unable to get the BIOS to detect an external USB CD drive as a boot device. Routinely when I use a new system, I will boot to a Linux live cd to clone the disk image for backup purposes. I tried two different optical drives, both of which I have recently used successfully in other systems, and in both cases this new NUC could not see them, despite selecting appropriate BIOS options to enable legacy booting. I ended up using a bootable thumb drive to accomplish my disk cloning task, so the USB booting in general clearly DOES work. I would expect this USB CD boot issue to be resolved with a future BIOS update. (The system as I received it included version 0027, but I upgraded it to the latest 0029. I experienced the CD issue with both releases.) I will revisit this review after I upgrade to dual channel 8GB ram, as I expect that will greatly improve things. My only other experience with NUCs is a skylake-generation i3 NUC (NUC6i3SYH). That NUC clearly has a more powerful processor than this one, as evidenced by it software decoding 1080P 60FPS vp9 with lower than 50% processor usage, whereas this one pegs out and drops a few frames attempting to do the same. (As I mentioned earlier in my review, this won't be an issue anymore in the near future as more programs get updated to take advantage of the hardware accelerated decoding, however it does show a limitation regarding other cpu-intensive tasks.) The included wifi module worked perfectly, seeing both my 5ghz and 2.4ghz networks. For remote control, I paired it with a Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 Plus Again, I went with 5 stars not because this product is perfect, but because the only issues I have currently experienced are perfectly expected for a system at this price point that is brand new to market. Additionally, I expect the issues that it does have will be addressed in the near future. This is also coming from the perspective of intending to use this system as a media center on a 4K television. If I were expecting to use this system for gaming or as a daily driver, I would likely have come to a different conclusion.
Review: Worked great for six days, then died. - When it worked, it met my expectations. The most demanding thing I needed it to do was stream HD web content. It did that fine., even with only two gig of ram. Up until it failed, my only beef was that 32gig is not enough to accomplish a windows 10 update. I threw in a spare 100 gig hd, cloned the OS to it and did the update. Once I finished that and got rid of everything I would have needed to revert back to the old version, the OS could fit back on the original HD. When I cloned the OS back to the original drive, it never powered up again. It took ten days to get a refund. By then, it had gone up in price by $24. I decided to buy a different brand with the Celeron J4105 processor, which supports 4k video @ 60fps, twice the storage and 4 gig of DDR4 ram. With the $20 off coupon, it only cost $210. I turns out the failure of the Intel unit was a blessing in disguise.

## Features

- Does not include memory, storage, or OS
- Intel Celeron J3455
- Intel HD Graphics 500
- HDMI 2.0 (4K at 60 Hz). Graphics Output: VGA (HDB15); HDMI 2.0
- Room for a 2.5" SSD or HDD
- Supports OS Windows 10

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01MSZTD8N |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
| Best Sellers Rank | #96,239 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) #2,963 in Mini Computers |
| Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Color | Black |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Customer Reviews | 3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars (681) |
| Date First Available | December 22, 2016 |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 1 GB |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Intel Integrated Graphics |
| Hard Drive | 1 SSD |
| Hard Drive Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Hard Drive Rotational Speed | 1 |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 4.92 x 3.46 x 5.39 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.2 pounds |
| Item model number | BOXNUC6CAYH |
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 pixels |
| Memory Speed | 1866 MHz |
| Number of Processors | 4 |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 4 |
| Operating System | No Operating System (Supports Windows 10) |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD-RW |
| Processor | 1.5 GHz celeron |
| Processor Brand | Intel |
| Product Dimensions | 4.92 x 3.46 x 5.39 inches |
| Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
| Series | FBA_BOXNUC6CAYH |
| Standing screen display size | 39.6 Inches |
| Voltage | 1.35 Volts |
| Wireless Type | 802.11ac |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Intel
- **CPU Model:** Celeron
- **CPU Speed:** 1.5 GHz
- **Cache Size:** 2 GB
- **Graphics Card Description:** Integrated
- **Graphics Coprocessor:** Intel Integrated Graphics
- **Memory Storage Capacity:** 8 GB
- **Operating System:** No Operating System (Supports Windows 10)
- **Personal computer design type:** Mini PC
- **Specific Uses For Product:** personal, gaming, business

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful product for media center use
*by L***Y on January 19, 2017*

I wanted to wait until after I had this product for a couple of days to get a feel for it, and that time has now elapsed. I will likely re-visit this review in the future, due to some minor expected issues due to it being a new product. For what this system is, it is incredible. This is a complete system (including windows 10 license), with everything you need to get started. And, it is upgradeable, which for most use cases I would highly recommend pursuing. I was quite surprised at how well the system ran with just the included 2GB of ram. When I had the system connected to a 1080P display, I did not have many complaints with the 2GB, however I could tell some things were a bit sluggish than they otherwise should be and memory usage hovered very close to maximum. Switching over to my 4K tv, though, and I REALLY will need more. (I have placed an order for two 4GB sticks to max this system out while getting the speed advantage of dual-channel. You could also go with a single stick of 8GB for a huge boost, you would just be missing out on the interleaving gains). Basically, when using 4K output, especially when attempting to play videos, I was seeing dropped frames any time I did anything as intensive as moving my mouse. When everything except the video was still, the system was fine, using very little processing power despite playing 4K video. And about that 4K video out. This is a bit of a caveat at present, but in another month or two I expect this to have been resolved. If you use Microsoft's Edge browser, you will have no worries. Hardware accelerated VP9 (youtube) and HEVC (everything else 4K) will work just fine. If you use Chrome, however, you will need to do a workaround to force the browser to use hardware acceleration. I am not going to get into the details of how to do this, but know that there has already been a code commit to unrestrict this, it is just a matter of waiting for it to filter into the released version of the browser. (This restriction on VP9 decoding in Chrome had been put in place from the Skylake generation of CPUs, which for a time supported a hybrid GPU/CPU decode for this codec. It turns out it was very buggy, and so Intel recently removed support for it from the driver, but not before Chrome took their own step of blacklisting accelerated VP9 decode on all Intel graphic chipsets.) It is worth noting that even before I took the steps to force-enable the VP9 decoding in chrome, the system was able to mostly handle up to 1080P 60FPS content with very few drops. 4K, however, definitely required the hardware acceleration for smooth playback. Other than the small amount of included RAM, the other obvious limitation on this system is in the included disk, which is actually effectively seen as an internal MMC card. This means serialized writes and relatively poor performance. I have not benchmarked it specifically, but the flashing activity light was very prolonged in its activity while I had it as my primary storage. I was fairly quick to install a SATA SSD in the system and clone the internal storage to it. Since then, disk activity has gone way down and responsiveness has increased. During my install of the SSD, I ran into an issue that surprised me from an Intel system. Specifically, I was unable to get the BIOS to detect an external USB CD drive as a boot device. Routinely when I use a new system, I will boot to a Linux live cd to clone the disk image for backup purposes. I tried two different optical drives, both of which I have recently used successfully in other systems, and in both cases this new NUC could not see them, despite selecting appropriate BIOS options to enable legacy booting. I ended up using a bootable thumb drive to accomplish my disk cloning task, so the USB booting in general clearly DOES work. I would expect this USB CD boot issue to be resolved with a future BIOS update. (The system as I received it included version 0027, but I upgraded it to the latest 0029. I experienced the CD issue with both releases.) I will revisit this review after I upgrade to dual channel 8GB ram, as I expect that will greatly improve things. My only other experience with NUCs is a skylake-generation i3 NUC (NUC6i3SYH). That NUC clearly has a more powerful processor than this one, as evidenced by it software decoding 1080P 60FPS vp9 with lower than 50% processor usage, whereas this one pegs out and drops a few frames attempting to do the same. (As I mentioned earlier in my review, this won't be an issue anymore in the near future as more programs get updated to take advantage of the hardware accelerated decoding, however it does show a limitation regarding other cpu-intensive tasks.) The included wifi module worked perfectly, seeing both my 5ghz and 2.4ghz networks. For remote control, I paired it with a Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 Plus Again, I went with 5 stars not because this product is perfect, but because the only issues I have currently experienced are perfectly expected for a system at this price point that is brand new to market. Additionally, I expect the issues that it does have will be addressed in the near future. This is also coming from the perspective of intending to use this system as a media center on a 4K television. If I were expecting to use this system for gaming or as a daily driver, I would likely have come to a different conclusion.

### ⭐ Worked great for six days, then died.
*by B***E on December 3, 2018*

When it worked, it met my expectations. The most demanding thing I needed it to do was stream HD web content. It did that fine., even with only two gig of ram. Up until it failed, my only beef was that 32gig is not enough to accomplish a windows 10 update. I threw in a spare 100 gig hd, cloned the OS to it and did the update. Once I finished that and got rid of everything I would have needed to revert back to the old version, the OS could fit back on the original HD. When I cloned the OS back to the original drive, it never powered up again. It took ten days to get a refund. By then, it had gone up in price by $24. I decided to buy a different brand with the Celeron J4105 processor, which supports 4k video @ 60fps, twice the storage and 4 gig of DDR4 ram. With the $20 off coupon, it only cost $210. I turns out the failure of the Intel unit was a blessing in disguise.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Small, quiet, well built. Perfect as my new media player.
*by A***D on January 5, 2018*

I bought this little guy to replace a very old WD TV Live Hub 1TB Media Center (Old Model) that hadn't had firmware upgrades in forever, was extremely slow, had an awful interface and crashed all the time. I could also never get subtitles to work on it. It was pretty amazing in 2012 but times have definitely changed. I was concerned that this little guy (Celeron i3) wouldn't have enough umph to play video off the file server where all our movies are stored but after reading some reviews I decided it should do the trick so I got this along with the Kingston Technology HyperX Impact 8GB Kit 1600MHz DDR3L CL9 SODIMM 1.35V Laptop Memory (PC3 12800) HX316LS9IBK2/8 Black . It arrived a couple days ago. First, I'm extremely impressed with how small this thing actually is when you pull it out of the box. It's very well made and heavy enough with nice rubber feet that keep it from sliding around on the desk. Given how stiff my HDMI cable is that's important. The AC adapter is a wall brick so the only thing going to the NUC is a cable which is pretty long, 6ft? The BIOS lets you play with the lighting on the front for the power button and the LED ring around the USB ports and power button. You can even turn them off which is what I've done. It's ridiculously quiet. Even with the fan profile set to "Cool" you have to be right next to it to hear the fan. Setting it up is super easy. Take the bottom off, pop the ram in, put a hard drive in (I already had a 1TB drive laying around) and put the bottom back on-less than 5 minutes. Then I did a fresh Windows 10 Pro install on it. I guess Linux is an option but I don't know how and don't really want to learn right now. After waiting overnight for Windows 10 updates because my internet is crap I installed Kodi 17.6 Krypton (formerly XMBC) and pointed it at my media share folder. A while later all my movies and TV were scanned and in the library. When I travel with my wife I plan to load movies directly on to the hard drive so we can hook it up to the hotel TV. This machine is not a performance beast like my newly built desktop PC but it's perfect for the intended use. Kodi is snappy once it gets started, navigation is quick and playback starts immediately even reading the files from the media server over Wireless-N. I've tested 1080p content and it plays fine, no stuttering or other issues. And subtitles work! No more burning them in with Handbrake. The built-in IR receiver works great with my Logitech Harmony 650 remote and with some tweaking I've got all the major functions on the remote now. Any time I need a keyboard I have a bluetooth one ready. I paid $150 for the WD media player in 2012. I wish these had existed then because for not much more money I've put together a much more capable box that allows more customization and can run Firefox and other Windows (or Linux) apps. I'm very happy with this item and my wife loves being able to actually play a movie without having to futz with the antique, slow interface on the WD media player. As a media player/streaming device I can highly recommend this computer.

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