Computer Collection: Europa

About

Europa is a 10th generation Intel NUC that was gifted to me by a friend when they moved and didn't need it anymore. It came to me with its SSD and RAM fitted, with the former wiped for security reasons.

Its U-series Core i7 allows it to run my Mastodon server without consuming much power at all. It idles at just 7 watts, only jumping up when ffmpeg has to transcode some video.

Specs

Model: NUC10i7FNK (Slimline, no 2.5" bay)

CPU: Intel Core i7-10710U (6C/12T, 1.1GHz/4.7GHz, 15W TDP)

RAM: 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 2666MHz

Boot SSD: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250GB M.2 NVMe

Storage SSD: Kingston NV2 500GB M.2 NVMe (in external enclosure)

OS: Ubuntu Server 20.04.6 LTS

PSU: 120W Delta Electronics external

Trivia

• Europa is named after the moon of the same name, orbiting Jupiter.
• When I first plugged Europa into a socket after it being sat in a box for ages, its power supply produced such a large arc that it charred the live and neutral pins of the UK to IEC C5 cable I was using, meaning I had to throw said cable out. Europa was undamaged and this has never occurred again, but I don't want to chance it.
• It is the smallest computer I have ever owned.

Last updated: 8th Nov 2023 9:15pm GMT