The ASUS PN80 is presented as a new professional compact PC that adopts the classic NUC format from Intel, although this particular model has its own design that gives it a personal and distinctive touch. The chassis of the ASUS PN80 is surrounded by a grille that covers all sides of the equipment and, as you may have imagined, facilitates airflow. It is essential, since we are facing a team that mounts a powerful processor Core i7-11700B.
It is finished in black, which means that it fits perfectly in any workspace, and it has a metallic detail on the front that enhances and fits perfectly with the minimalist line of the ASUS PN80. Continuing with the front, we find a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A connector and a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C connector, as well as a 3.5 mm jack and an SD card reader.
In the back we have two Thunderbolt 4 connectors, four USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, two 3.5 mm headphone and microphone jacks, one DisplayPort, one HDMI and one Ethernet LAN at 2.5 Gbps. There is no doubt that the ASUS PN80 has a spectacular range of ports for its size (2.4 liters).
As far as hardware is concerned, the ASUS PN80 comes with an Intel Core i7-11700B processor, a processor that is based on the Willow Cove (Tiger Lake) architecture and has 8 cores and 16 threads running at 3.2GHz-4.8GHz, normal and turbo mode. It is a very powerful chip, and it is accompanied by an eleventh generation Intel GPU that can reach 1.45 GHz. Its TDP is 65 watts, and it is compatible with Intel Gaussin & Neural Accelerator and Intel Deep Learning Boost technologies.
The RAM it comes with the base configuration amounts to 8 GB, although we can expand it to 16 GB or 32 GB, which means that we will have more than enough margin to work with editing tools that consume a lot of memory. The ASUS PN80 uses modules of DDR4 at a maximum of 3,200 MHz.
For the rest, this device comes with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, has a 256 GB SSD of type PCIE Gen3 in its base configuration (supports PCIE Gen4 models), supports two 2.5-inch storage drives and has a Approximate weight of 2 kilograms. It will reach the US market first, where it will be priced at $1,299. In Spain the closest model that we have available right now is the ASUS PN60.
