One of the most anticipated announcements, since the launch of Raptor Lake, has been the Intel NUC 13 Extreme, the annual proof presented by Intel that it is possible to create a really tiny big PC. It is not a big surprise for us, since both the Intel NUC 12 Extreme and the Intel NUC 11 Extreme have already made it very clear to us that this ultra-compact computer has little or nothing to envy to a good part of the desktop systems that we usually use.
Let us remember that this new generation was already shown a little less than a month ago, although many aspects of it remained to be revealed. Now the wait is over and so we can now take a good look at the guts of updating this kit that is so peculiar and that, over the years, has only gained more followers.
First of all, of course, the question that everyone has been asking: what processors has Intel chosen for its different “flavors” of Intel NUC 13 Extreme? So the options are Core i5-13600K, Core i7-13700K and, at the top, the brand new top of the range, a Core i9-13900K. As you can see, the three options have the surname K, and it is because Intel has relied on the ability of the new NUCs to overclock.
These are the rest of the specifications:
- Support for dual-channel DDR5-5600 MHz SODIMMs up to 64 gigabytes.
- Support for PCIe Gen5 x16 new 12-inch triple-slot graphics cards.
- Support for up to three PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs (M.2 2280).
- Intel 2.5GbE (i226-V) / 10GbE (AQC113) LAN.
- Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E.
- Two Thunderbolt 4 ports.
- Six rear USB 3.2 Gen2 ports.
It is true, yes, that the Intel NUC 13 Extreme it is not so, so small as other previous proposals from Intel, but we must understand that this is due, among other factors, to the fact that the technology presents this NUC as an option to play (and it is not the first year that it does so) something that, of course, is conditioned by the need to use a graphics card which, in the end, is the component that sets the standard, in terms of minimums, with respect to its size. And yet, Intel claims they have managed to deliver “stellar gaming performance in a form factor that is 70% smaller than a typical 50 liter gaming tower«.
We remember as always, yes, that the Intel NUC 13 Extreme they are not complete computers, but kits that the user will finish adapting to their needs by adding both the RAM and the graphics adapter. There are two, with their various specifications, the kits that will hit the market, Intel NUC 13 Extreme, which you can see in the image shown under the specifications, scare about the top paragraph, and Intel NUC 13 Extreme Compute Element, whose image you can see at the top of this news, and that it dispenses with the chassis and its elements that we can find in the first model.
The new Intel NUC 13 Extreme will initially debut in the Chinese market, but it is expected that throughout this quarter they will be extended to other regions, in an expansion that will continue during early 2023. The prices for the Intel NUC 13 Extreme Kit will vary Come in $1,179 and $1,549Y $760 to $1,100 for the Intel NUC 13 Extreme Compute Element depending on configuration.
More information: Intel
