Intel NUC 12 Extreme specs leak: will be shipped with Core i9-12900/i7-12700
Intel has briefly introduced the NUC 12 Extreme, code-named Dragon Canyon, at the CES 2022 exhibition, and the new generation of products will be available in the first quarter of 2022. Intel wants the NUC 12 Extreme to stand out from the small desktop PC competition, with a compact chassis that lets users swap out CPUs, memory, SSDs, and a full-sized discrete graphics card.
Different from the BGA method used by previous products, the NUC 12 Extreme uses the standard LGA 1700 socket, and users can replace the Alder Lake processor by themselves, and may even use the Raptor Lake processor in the future. As reported by VideoCardz, a spec sheet for the NUC 12 Extreme has now been obtained.
The data shows that the overall size of the NUC 12 Extreme is 357 x 120 x 189 mm, with two SO-DIMM slots, supporting 64GB of DDR4-3200 memory, up to three M.2 SSDs (PCIe 4.0 x4 lanes) can be configured with a customizable LED front panel and cooling system, support Wi-Fi 6E/Bluetooth 5.2 (Intel AX211), HDMI 2.0 and two Thunderbolt 4 ports (integrated display supports three 4K outputs), 10Gbe LAN, six USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, etc. Since the NUC 12 Extreme does not choose DDR5 memory but supports DDR4 memory, it is quite user-friendly.
It is understood that the NUC 12 Extreme will be sold with a Core i9-12900 (NUC12DCMi9) or Core i7-12700 (NUC12DCMi7) processor, and there will be no empty box version. 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. The pricing of the NUC 12 Extreme has been leaked by dealers before. The price of the NUC12DCMi9 is $1714/€1401, and the price of the NUC12DCMi7 is $1514/€1181.
