As a fan of NUCs I can only give enthusiastic recommendations for several makes. My hobby is building gamers and strange systems for folks so i have many NUCs in house. Gigabyte systems with i3-6100u, i7-4710 and GTX760, i7-5775, AMD A8-5557, and more. I also have several Zotac systems for gaming, including boxes with GTX1060 and GTX1070 graphics. I have a Hades Canyon, and Skull Canyon from Intel, and just picked up an Intel NUC8i5BEK for a fanless Akasa chassis. I cannot recall ANY quality issues with any of the systems, and most are quite impressive in performance, with some even capable of basic 1080p gaming. I just bought a NUC with the J5005 Celeron for Admin work and it supports an M.2, a 2.5" drive, and 8Gb RAM and the whole thing cost under 150 euros here in NL. I saw this link on Amazon and think it might be good for you wih your choice of RAM, and storage. https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-Compact-Graphics-Component-GB-BLCE-4105/dp/B07DMM7Z7N/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1P0AFGJ04LUBL&dchild=1&keywords=brix+gigabyte&qid=1597427943&sprefix=brix+%2Caps%2C260&sr=8-2

Much success with your choice, and keep us in the loop.