Intel
announced the NUC 12 Extreme codenamed Dragon Canyon and the NUC 12 Extreme Compute Element codenamed Eden Bay. Intel says it’s a highly modular desktop PC kit designed to deliver exceptional performance for high-performance computers for tasks such as gaming and content creation.
The overall size of the NUC 12 Extreme is 357 x 120 x 189 mm, and the overall size is about 8 liters. The front skull light effect panel can be customized. The new model is different from the previous BGA method. For the first time, the processor can be replaced or upgraded, and it is equipped with a standard LGA 1700 socket. Intel offers two versions of the Core i9-12900 (NUC12EDBi9) and Core i7-12700 (NUC12EDBi7) processors, both with a TDP of 65W. Core i9-12900 is a 16-core 24-thread specification with a turbo frequency of 5.1 GHz, while Core i7-12700 is a 12-core 20-thread specification with a turbo frequency of 4.9 GHz. Users can choose to install a dual-slot thickness, full-length discrete graphics card on the NUC 12 Extreme, with a maximum supported length of 305mm, and the PCIe x16 slot supports the PCIe 5.0 specification.
The NUC 12 Extreme has two SO-DIMM slots and supports 64GB of DDR4-3200 memory; up to three M.2 SSDs can be configured, one of which is a 2280 M.2 slot with PCIe 4.0 x4 lanes, and the other 2280 M.2 slot and 2242 M.2 slot with PCIe 4.0 x4 or SATA 6Gbps; support Wi-Fi 6E/Bluetooth 5.2 (Intel AX211); configured with an HDMI 2.0b and a miniDP 1.4 interface; equipped with two Thunderbolt 4 ports (supports 5V/9V mobile phone fast charging); equipped with six USB 3.2 Gen2 interfaces and so on.
Intel says the NUC 12 Extreme will be available in the second quarter of 2022, a bit later than previously said. In terms of price, the NUC12DCMi9 is $1,450, and the NUC12DCMi7 is $1,450.
