Intel shows disconnected its caller gaming NUC

The institution volition stock much details connected the astir almighty NUC called Raptor Canyon precise soon. 

Intel NUC 13 Extreme Raptor Canyon, Source: Intel

At TwitchCon Intel showcased its upcoming NUC 13 Extreme modular PC codenamed Raptor Canyon. We person really already seen a NUC 13 Compute Element, which is simply a PCIe-based mainboard with 13th Gen CPU and representation that was supposedly planned for the Raptor Canyon. The last merchandise so looks precise akin to the leaked render.

Intel NUC 13 Extreme Raptor Canyon, Source: Intel

The next-gen NUC Extreme volition beryllium adjacent bigger than the 12th Gen merchandise (13.9L vs. 8L chassis). Intel is truthful continuing the inclination of departing from the tiny signifier origin for the astir almighty NUC series, but this does not mean Intel is abandoning smaller products.

On a contrary, the institution already announced its NUC 12 Enthusiast and NUC 12 Pro series, each representing a antithetic signifier origin and antithetic usage (gaming and business). The Extreme bid are designed to beryllium a desktop replacement, with enactment to upgrade the CPU, retention oregon memory, nary not to notation the graphics.

Intel NUC 13 Extreme Raptor Canyon, Source: Intel

The caller procreation of NUC Extreme volition acceptable adjacent bigger desktop cards, and that’s contempt Intel releasing its Arc A7 Limited Edition dual-slot GPUs. The NUC 13 Extreme volition besides acceptable customized 2.5 and 3-slot Arc A7 cards from companies specified arsenic ASRock oregon GUNNIR. The authoritative presumption astatine TwitchCon featured a GeForce RTX 30 GPU and undisclosed Raptor Lake processor.

The last specifications of Raptor Canyon and further details specified arsenic pricing and merchandise day are to beryllium shared successful a mates of weeks.

Source: Intel via @ghost_motley