Intel NUC7i5BNH for heavy browsing requirement

[geek257]

So, I am currently running Windows 7 on a pretty old laptop (Celeron 2957U). My work mostly involves heavy browsing(30+ active tabs in Chrome alongside few tabs in Firefox), some documentation work on Evernote/Onenote and occasionally video streaming on a 1080p monitor. Lately, performance of the laptop has been very sluggish, requiring frequent restarts every hour due to high memory usage by Chrome. So I searched a bit and found Intel NUCs most suited to my current requirement. The model I am interested in is NUC7i5BNH, having the following configuration:

Processor: Intel Core i5-7260U Processor, up to 3.4 GHz, dual-core, 15W TDP
RAM: 2*8GB DDR4-2133 SODIMM RAM
GPU: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 GPU, 48 EUs (GT3e)
SSD: 256GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe

Will the above configuration meet my requirements ? I can also buy a standard i5-8250u laptop with 8GB RAM and a 5400rpm SATA disk for a similar price. Which of these two will give me a better performance based on my usage ?

 

[mdd1963]

You definitely will prefer a 16 GB-equipped system over one with 8 GB....; and the 970 EVO is one of the best SSDs around currently.

What is the purpose of having 30 browser tabs open, just out of curiosity? (Of course they take up memory when 30 tabs are open.)

 

[geek257]

You definitely will prefer a 16 GB-equipped system over one with 8 GB....; and the 970 EVO is one of the best SSDs around currently.

What is the purpose of having 30 browser tabs open, just out of curiosity? (Of course they take up memory when 30 tabs are open.)

Actually I am working on a research project involving real-time data scraping from multiple websites using macros.
By the way, you didn't answer the question I asked :/

 

[Scottray]

An i5 CPU is fine for your tasks. More memory and an SSD would be preferable for your tasks. Thus, I'd suggest going with the NUC, as long as you don't need the portability of a laptop.