When comparing Qualcomm DragonBoard 410C vs Intel NUC Kit NUC7i3BNH, the Slant community recommends Qualcomm DragonBoard 410C for most people. In the question“What are the best single-board computers?” Qualcomm DragonBoard 410C is ranked 1st while Intel NUC Kit NUC7i3BNH is ranked 27th.
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Pros
Pro Very powerful
Pro Comes with appropriate case and mounting hardware for storage drives
While the cost may seem steep compared to other SBC options, seldom are those other options sold with a case that will also house your storage drives and provide adequate cooling for the entire setup.
Pro SATA III port and M.2 NVMe connector with on-board RAID-0/RAID-1 controller
The ability to harness the power of a standard 2.5" SATA III drive and an M.2 NVMe drive with four PCI Express 3.0 lanes means that sequential read rates in excess of 3GB/sec if both are SSDs. Add to that hardware RAID support and it's hard to imagine a more powerful digital storage platform anywhere near this size.
Cons
Con Quite expensive
It's expensive for an SBC.
Con Slow
The unit is not up to par with similar single board computers running more than twice the performance per dollar.
Con Obsolete
Con Not popular enough so there are less examples out there
Con Higher initial costs than most other options
It's clearly not a budget option for building a home NAS, but if you want performance and more importantly, scalability, then you'll reap the benefits of the extra upfront costs many times over as you upgrade the memory, add peripherals via USB-C and put that 7th Generation Core i3 processor to work.