When Asus saved Intel’s NUC brand name of compact computer systems from the dumpster, I held out hope that the business may restore Intel’s enthusiastic mini video gaming PCs. It did, however get ready for a little sticker label shock– these systems might cost as much or more than a similar video gaming laptop computer.
The business’s site presently notes 2 designs of the ROG NUC, with what Asus informs us are tentative costs of $1,629 and $2,199. The entry-level design sports an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics, 16GB of 5600MHz DDR5 RAM and 512GB of NVMe SSD storage, while the innovative config bumps that approximately an Core Ultra 9 185H, RTX 4070, and 32GB/ 1TB of RAM and storage respectively.
Given that you can quickly discover Asus’ popular Zephyrus G14 and G16 laptop computers with comparable specifications for that cost or less– in spite of likewise getting a battery and screen– these aren’t precisely the barebone budget plan video gaming selects that an Intel video gaming NUC might often have actually remained in the past.
The ports of the Asus ROG NUC.
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You do get good connection in a box simply 2 inches thick. There are 6 USB-A ports, 4 of them at 10Gbps speeds, an SD Express 8.0 card reader, a Thunderbolt 4 port with approximately 12V quick charging for USB-C PD gadgets, 3.5 mm headset, and 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, in addition to 2 DisplayPort 1.4 a sockets and an HDMI 2.1 port. Wirelessly, there’s an Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1690i and Bluetooth 5.3.
Me, I would have liked more USB-C ports– and you’ll keep in mind that it utilizes a 330-watt external DC power brick. It likewise features the vertical stand you see in the image atop this story.
We still have not seen what it appears like within yet, however there’s a single button on the back to pop open the panel so you can switch RAM and include SSDs at a minimum. It features 3 M. 2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 slots, so including great deals of quick storage need to be simple.
Asus informs us it hasn’t tightened when the ROG NUC will deliver, however that it’ll most likely come together with or soon after non-gaming NUC 14 Pro Plus designs it prepares to launch in April or May.
Do not anticipate Asus to restore Intel’s modular video gaming NUCs like the Beast Canyon and Ghost Canyon, by the method– it informed Fudzilla in January that the NUC Extreme line is gone.
