Asus unveiled its first ROG NUC again at CES 2024. We acquired a glance of the unit itself together with some launch specs, however pricing and a launch date weren’t revealed. We now have a fairly good thought of each due to a pre-order itemizing at European retailer Proshop (by way of NotebookCheck).
The itemizing reveals a launch worth of €2,500. That is for the excessive finish model which comes with an Intel Core Extremely 9 185H CPU and RTX 4070 laptop computer GPU. This SKU comes with 2x16GB of DDR5 reminiscence and a 1TB SSD. Proshop’s itemizing signifies a launch date of April 10.
€2,500 is some huge cash. At that worth it is unlikely we’ll be seeing this configuration topping bestseller lists. Fortunately, there’s at the very least yet one more reasonably priced model coming. Based on Asus’ product web page, a variant with a Core Extremely 7 155H processor and RTX 4060 graphics might be out there too.
As a devoted fan of small type issue PCs, I might be pleased to personal a ROG NUC, even when the €2,500 worth makes it a tricky buy when you would construct your individual mini-ITX PC for lots much less.
Value apart, the two.5L ROG NUC appears to be like like a formidable little piece of package. The specs of the unit aren’t too demanding, so cooling and noise ranges should not be an issue. It will possibly home as much as 64GB of DDR5 SO-DIMM reminiscence, three PCIe Gen 4 SSDs, and it has WiFi 6E, 2.5GB LAN and Thunderbolt4 / USB4. The latter helps DP 2.1, which together with twin DP 1.4a and a single HDMI port, means the ROG NUC helps as much as 4 shows.
The ROG NUC is the primary Asus NUC following the announcement of its partnership with Intel. Each corporations agreed to a time period sheet, whereby Asus will promote and help tenth to thirteenth Gen NUC product strains whereas giving Asus a non-exclusive license to design techniques just like the ROG NUC.
The ROG NUC is the primary of hopefully many Asus NUC models to return. Strix or TUF gaming NUCs are attainable, however there are different fascinating prospects too. Enterprise NUCs or maybe some kind of Zen or Vivo NUC sooner or later sooner or later are actually attainable too. Assuming a few of these ship with Intel Xe built-in graphics and never costly discrete GPUs, hopefully they will keep away from the sticker shock of the ROG NUC.