Intel NUC(NUC5i7RYH) Teardown

In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble the Intel NUC to remove the SSD, RAM, CPU, and motherboard. Refer to this guide. You can upgrade and repair your Intel NUC.

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Outstanding design and quality are important reasons why the NUC is so popular.
The 2015 models of the NUC5 series, with the latest 14nm process CPU and Iris 6100 graphics card.

The detailed model we got is NUC5i7RYH, as it has built I7-5557U high-performance processors. It is the best CPU used in NUC systems.

Its measurements size of 115 × 111 × 48.7mm, the weight of only 607g, it can be said is extremely portable and convenient.

The front of the machine has two USB 3.0 ports and a 3.5mm audio jack, which supports a large power device.

There are cooling holes on both sides and due to the small cost, there is more heat in the UPC than in a regular PC, which also requires better ventilation.

The power supply, DP port, RJ45 network cable port, two USB3.0 ports, and a Mini HDMI port are also designed for ventilation openings.

Remove four screws.

Lift up the service cover.

Disconnect two cables from the motherboard.

The other side of the bottom panel, you can see a 2.5-inch SATA hard drive, Intel no for any pre-installed hard disk, because there is an M.2 slot on the motherboard, you can install a big capacity HDD.

You can see the overall structure is very compact, the main replaceable components and interfaces are concentrated on the motherboard, the other side is placed the CPU and cooling fan.

Wi-Fi module is pre-installed on Intel NUC, it is soldered onto the motherboard, the model is Intel AC-7265. Next is an M.2 slot, compatible with 22 × 42mm, 22 × 60mm, and 22 × 80mm, three different M.2 SSDs.

The NUC5i7RYH has two DDR3L memory slots, which only support 1.35V memory. Intel also did not equip them with the memory.