
Intel NUC Hades Canyon NUC8I7HNK2
Intel Core i7-8705G
Intel NUC Hades Canyon NUC8I7HNK2
Intel Core i7-8705G
What is already integrated in the PC (I don't know much about PCs)? Is there an HDD/SSD, RAM, ...? Already included?
The Nuc Hades Canyon NUC8I7HNK2 is a barebones kit. You have to buy an M.2 SSD, memory and an OS yourself. I equipped mine with the Samsung 970 EVO 1000GB, M.2 2280 SSD and HyperX Impact 2x, 16GB, DDR4-2400, SO-DIMM 260 pin RAM.
At the minimum you still need the following:
- RAM (in my case I bought 1x Corsair Vengeance (2x 8GB, DDR4-2400, SO-DIMM 260 pin))
- SSD (in my case I chose a Samsung 970 EVO 500GB, M.2 2280)
- an operating system (in my case Windows 10)
It is mandatory that you disassemble the NUC and install the RAM and SSD yourself. It takes a bit of experience with such things and some sure instinct, but can definitely be done by laymen if you dare. No special tools are needed.
The OS is then also installed by yourself and it is necessary to carry out firmware, BIOS and driver updates afterwards. In my case, however, I transferred an image of my old Windows 10 to the SSD. This worked, but with one very important "restriction". The old OS was installed on a PC with legacy BIOS. Although there is an option in the BIOS to select legacy BIOS, it was greyed out and NOT selectable despite deactivating Secure Boot. Consequence: no boot device was ever detected. After long hours of research in forums, I found out that apparently Intel has completely disabled legacy boot from a certain newer BIOS version. In somewhat older versions it was still possible to activate Legacy Boot with an additional setting in the BIOS (which cannot obviously have anything to do with Legacy Boot). With the current BIOS, this is simply NO LONGER POSSIBLE, there is always only UEFI Boot (Legacy Boot is still visible in the BIOS).
My solution was to install Windows 10 from the USB ISO again in UEFI mode with correct UEFI partitions and a simple minimal installation. After that, I could restore the image to the partition of the C device and finally boot the old OS. It cost me a lot of time and frustration...