Intel: NUC systems with Coffee Lake CPU
On the contrary, the success of NUC systems does not stop. It takes effect with the passage of time. So here is the new wave of NUC systems, well 5, equipped with Intel’s Coffee Lake CPU, after seeing some less powerful versions.
Let’s face it: only a few fans, at the time of the first Intel NUC, had seen something more than an exercise if not style (just beautiful are not), at least convincing pragmatism. At the time not only, the processors were less powerful (but still enough to do everything a little), but the memories and especially the SSD cost exorbitant figures, and there was certainly the choice of form factor that there is now.
In short, with the first NUC could be mounted 2.5 inches, but spending more than SSD that of everything else. Not to mention the memories, since very large modules in SODIMM format cost an exaggeration. Times change, technology evolves and here we are today, to re-evaluate the NUC not only as a ” desktop ” system in all respects, but also as the first and only choice for the home PC, if you do not have high-level videogames. level for which you need a powerful and cumbersome video card.
The confirmations come from sales: NUC are increasingly sold, also because they can be mounted behind the monitor without any loss of performance, since you can adopt SSD SATA, PCIe, M.2 and RAM in quantity. These days Intel leaked a new generation of NUC, as many as 5 models, which we can consider as a 3 + 2.
The first three (NUC8i3BEH, NUC8i5BEH and NUC8i7BEH), which differ for the use of CPU Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7, have a design quite ” thick “, due to the use of CPU with TDP of 28Watt and cooling system more cluttered. Already that Intel has been ” forced ” to enlarge them, it has enriched the potential of these NUC by making available also a 2.5-inch SATA6 slot, in addition of course to the M.2-2280 both SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4 sockets.
The NUC8i3BEK and NUC8i5BEK versions are more streamlined. The reason is intuitive: in this case CPU Core i3 and Core i5 with TDP of 15W are used, which require a less cumbersome heatsink. The 2.5-inch slot is also lost, but obviously the M.2 remains fully compatible with each SSD in this format.
- 8th Generation Intel Core i5 8259U processor
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
- M.2 22x42/80 slot for PCIe NVMe or SATA SSD
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