When Asus rescued Intel’s NUC model of embedded PCs from the rubbish, I held out hope that the corporate may additionally Bringing Intel’s formidable gaming mini PCs to life. I did, however put together for somewhat shock – these programs could price as a lot or greater than an identical gaming laptop computer.
The corporate’s web site presently lists two fashions of the ROG NUC, with Asus telling us beginning costs of $1,629 and $2,199. The entry-level mannequin options Intel Core Extremely 7 155H processors, Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics, 16GB DDR5 5600MHz RAM, and 512GB NVMe SSD storage, whereas the superior configuration ramps as much as a Core Extremely 9 185H, RTX 4070, and 32GB/1 Terabytes of RAM and storage respectively.
Since you may simply discover Asus’ in style Zephyrus G14 and G16 laptops with related specs for this worth or much less — regardless of additionally getting a battery and show — these aren’t precisely the funds gaming picks that Intel’s gaming NUC might be in some Previous occasions.
However you get respectable connectivity in a field that is solely two inches thick. There are six USB-A ports, 4 of that are 10Gbps, an SD Categorical 8.0 card reader, a Thunderbolt 4 port with as much as 12V quick charging for USB-C PD gadgets, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a couple of.5Gbps Ethernet. Along with that, there are two DisplayPort 1.4a sockets and an HDMI 2.1 port. Wirelessly, there’s Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1690i and Bluetooth 5.3.
For me, I might have preferred extra USB-C ports – and you will discover that it makes use of an exterior 330W DC energy provide. It additionally comes with the vertical stand you see within the photograph on the prime of this story.
We nonetheless have not seen what it appears to be like like on the within but, however there is a single button on the again to open up the panel so you may swap out RAM and add SSD drives at a minimal. It comes with three M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 slots, so including loads of quick storage needs to be a breeze.
Asus tells us it hasn’t but confirmed when the ROG NUC will ship, however it should seemingly come alongside or shortly after the non-gaming NUC 14 Professional Plus fashions it plans to launch in April or Could.
