Not sure if this is considered a deal or not. Seemed like a good enough deal to me that I finally pulled the trigger on an Intel NUC.
I added an 240GB M.2 SSD and 8GB of RAM for a total cost of just over $400.
I intend to install Linux on it, and I already have several 1-2TB USB drives that I intend to use for storage of recordings, so no additional out-of-pocket cost for me.