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welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Nook this is the next unit of computing and we'll have to check with Intel to clarify what exactly a unit of computing is um I think they might mean like like a form factor or like I don't know like a you know thin client or you know I don't know what I don't know where they go you have got to be freaking kidding me okay hold on check this out check this out you open the box as a as an unboxer I gotta say I already love this thing that's awesome okay let's start with the outside of the box so before we get too far ahead of ourselves so this is the DC three two one seven I ye there are two actually different ones one has a red top and it comes with a thunderbolt connector as well as another mini PCIe port inside it is superior okay stop it processing and graphics stunningly small form-factor advanced technology runs an Intel Core i3 on a very very very small form-factor stunningly small even advanced technology there's a lot of repetition on this box it does have wide I wireless display and has anti-theft technology so it's basically like an ultrabook or something except even like way freaking smaller actually to be to be sort of perfect on so feels good too I was expecting it to be sort of plasticky and cheap but it's not it's uh it's actually made of aluminum around the outside here just a very beautiful anodized aluminum finish we'll get more to the unit itself in a moment here so it comes with a core i3 sticker that you can put on if you really feel you know that makes you feel good about stuff comes with an installation guide so not everything is included you'll actually need at least four pieces in order to get this baby up and running so there's a full you know picture guide of how to do everything but we're going to do a video guide for NCIX on the NCIX tech tips channel i in the near future anyway so if you don't feel like using a picture guide you can use that comes with a visa mount so that'll allow you to mount it to the back of the TV or monitor or whatever else like this would be great for digital signage applications there's those screws that you need for the vase amount and there's the box you can see it got a little bit beat up in shipping but it's better than the box take the damage then the actual thing itself oh for cats oh I saw something else in the package there that's the sensor for the pom pom pom pom I think I'm pretty pretty sure that's okay now it's gonna be hard to get open yeah there we go there it is okay so that brings us to the unit itself so what the heck is this thing it is the smallest it is much smaller than ITX and it is a new standard that intel really wants to be well that sort of that next standard for computing because we've finally gotten to the point where you can put a reasonably powerful machine in a form factor like this run Windows run full spec hardware and have a decent computing experience this is even smaller than a Mac Mini guys so I'm going to do my obligatory iPhone comparison because with anything small we got to whip up the iPhone the length and width is actually looks like less than an iPhone 4 check the arm okay the width is almost exactly like an iPhone 4 and then in terms of size it's about sort of two iPhones thickness wise I think you've already had a pretty good look at that so this thing is just tiny on the back you've got two ventilation holes a Kensington lock Gigabit Ethernet dual HDMI two USB 2.0 ports I believe the upgraded version also has USB 3 you've got DC in so it comes with the power brick that you need however curiously enough it doesn't come with the with the wired cord so you'll have to source one of those you might or may not have one lying around from just a random notebook that you used to have or anything like that another front USB 2.0 port and then I think the next thing for us to do is actually show you guys what you need to get it up and running so you you're going to need it has two sodium's slots inside so you can install up to 16 gigs of memory so we're going to be using some crucial Ram AB for for our upgrade guide and then it's also got an N SATA slot so you can install an M SATA SSD so we'll be using a crucial M for 128 gig SSD and finally this is optional you can install a wireless card just using mini pcie and yeah otherwise you can just use the wired connection so thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the DC 3 2 1 7 iy II nook the little tiny tiny computer from Intel see more ventilation holes at the bottom there's the screws to open it up don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips from unboxings reviews and other computer videos and I did screw something up guys the upgraded version doesn't have USB 3 so sorry about that but it does have Thunderbolt whereas this one has dual HDMI