That's without Resizeable BAR enabled, though, so you might expect a slightly better showing.
You don't get penalized for the GPU, though I didn't get a chance to swap it, but the RTX 3060 performed almost identically across the board to one tested in a larger system. For instance the NUC kit delivered roughly the same performance on processor tests as a Core i7-10700K. There's enough room to accommodate a dual-slot graphics card that's less than a foot long and draws less than 350w power. You unscrew the back cover, slide the sides out and tilt back the top fan section to get to the guts of the system. There are ways the case could be a little friendlier, but it's not bad. Those are middle-of-the-road 65w versions of its overclockable desktop CPUs, the same power draw as the mobile versions but in a smaller package.
The way Intel manages to put an i9 in such a small system with just some basic fans is by using a B-series processor. I got a chance to test a preproduction, prebuilt version of the kit equipped with the Core i9 CE, 16GB RAM, 500GB NVMe SSD and an Asus Dual RTX 3060 graphics card.
Up to a 12-inch, dual-slot graphics card that draws 350w or lessįour M.2 key M slots: 2280 CPU-attached PCIe X4 Gen4 NVMe, two 2242/80 PCH-attached PCIe x4 Gen3 NVMe or SATA3 SSD, RAID-0 and RAID-1 capable, CPU-attached 42/80/110 PCIe X4 Gen4, Intel Optane M10, H10, H20 and Intel Optane SSD readyĨ x USB-A, 2 x USB-C/Thunderbolt 4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, combo audio jackġ x 2.5Gb Ethernet, Intel AX201 WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.2 Supports 2 dual-channel SO-DIMMs up to 64GB Intel NUC11BTMi9 or NUC11BTMi7 and 650w 80+ Gold PSUģ.3GHz Intel Core i9-11900KB or Core i7-11700B You can preorder some basic configurations now from SimplyNUC.
There's no final pricing yet, but Intel expects the kit to run $1,150-$1,350 and $780-$980 for the Compute Element alone. and Oct., expanding into regions outside the US, China and Europe through the end of the year. Intel expects to begin shipping sometime between Sept.
You don't have to use the NUC with Intel's kit third parties make systems built around the NUC - such as Razer's Tomahawk Gaming Desktop - and you can buy the module by itself as an easy way to upgrade your CPU and connections.
The kit itself includes the CE plus a case with a backplane that includes a slot for a GPU, power supply, front connectors, fans and RGB lighting.
The key to the kit is Intel's Next Unit of Computing Compute Element, a self-contained motherboard module comprised of a CPU with supporting chipset, memory and NVMe slots, networking chipsets and antennas, plus a full set of connectors like you'd find on any typical motherboard. The Compute Element has a fan and a lot of empty space for airflow to keep the CPU, memory and SSD from getting too hot. Intel's NUC 11 Extreme Kit "Beast Canyon" squeezes all the gaming essentials, including an Intel Core i7 or i9 overclockable processor, room for a GPU as large as an Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti, and slots for up to 64GB RAM, into a case just a little bigger than an Xbox Series X.
If you want your PC to be really small but still powerful enough to game - in other words, accommodate a full-size graphics card - things can get tough, with 10 liters a common lower bound. You don't have to keep the skull plate if you don't like it. But the upgrade was definately a success.The kit includes the Compute Element module - a tiny unit with a motherboard containing a CPU, slots for memory and storage and rear connectors - plus an 8L case with fans and 650w power supply. So the point was that the Intel extreme was ACTUALLY running these games in an ok fasion. Now I know we couldn't enable all the highest resolution features and display modes, but even at medium settings, this was the best gaming experience he had ever had. When we fired up the first game, Battlefield Vietnam, He about had a heart attack over the improvements! It looks awesome, plays extremely smooth, and just plain works! I installed that with a pretty good RAM upgrade, maxxing out the midiocre machine. I know it's not the preferred card among gamers, but it seemed to fit the bill. I searched around for the shortest PCI card of modern chipset that supported DirectX 9. the Gateway he had was one of the slim case designs with no AGP card slot. He was playing all of the Medal of Honor games, and some others, then he got into Battlefield and BF Vietnam. My father in law was using the built in Intel extreme graphics on his Gateway.