Intel confirms NUC 12 Extreme to switch to LGA 1700 socket
It has already been reported that Intel has switched to the standard LGA 1700 socket on the NUC 12 Extreme, codenamed Dragon Canyon. This is different from the previous BGA method, allowing users to replace Alder Lake processors by themselves, and may even use Raptor Lake processors in the future. Intel’s approach surprised many people.
In a presentation clip from CES 2022, Intel marketing expert Cassandra Bodzak briefly introduced the product codenamed Dragon Canyon. Although the duration is very short, in just a few seconds of footage, in the background board introduced by Cassandra Bodzak, you can see various accessories after the dismantling of the NUC 12 Extreme, among which you can see the standard LGA 1700 socket. This also ruled out the statement that some people suspected that it was just a “test model” in the previous exposure. In addition, you can also see that the NUC 12 Extreme has two DDR4 SO-DIMM slots, can be configured with up to three M.2 SSDs, is equipped with a customizable LED front panel, supports Wi-Fi 6E, Thunderbolt 4, 10Gbe LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2, HDMI, etc.
The NUC 11 Extreme, named Beast Canyon last year, uses the Tiger Lake-H processor, which is the 11th generation Core B series. In contrast, the changes in the processor of the NUC 12 Extreme should bring a considerable performance improvement, and give consumers more opportunities for different choices. It is unclear which processors the NUC 12 Extreme will support, with its relatively small size, perhaps the 12th-generation Core series processors with TDP of 65W and 35W.
Intel said that the NUC 12 Extreme will be available within this quarter, and it is still being tested and evaluated, which will take about three months.
