Intel Modular Desktop PC for Gaming and Content Creation

Intel has announced a modular desktop PC, designed for high-end gaming and content creation tasks, powered by its latest 12th generation processors.

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Intel NUC 12 Extreme, codenamed Dragon Canyon, offers two processor options – a Core i9-12900 and a Core i7-12700 – along with support for full-size 12-inch discrete graphics cards and a full range of entry and exit ports.

Featuring the latest hardware components in a compact, modular form factor, the PC is designed to deliver the high performance typically expected from much larger gaming rigs. It offers avid gamers and creators the ability to create their small form factor designs.

Intel’s most powerful NUC to date can be configured with up to 64GB of dual-channel DDR4-3200MHz SODIMM memory and high storage using up to three PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSDs.

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The PC also includes two Thunderbolt 4 ports, six USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, two USB 3.1 headers, two USB 2.0 headers, an HDMI 2.0 port, Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211, Bluetooth 5.2, an SDXC card slot with UHS-II support, three large 92mm fans, plus a standard 10Gbps Ethernet port; and an additional 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port on the Core i9 processor option.

Additionally, the modular PC features Intel UHD Graphics 770, along with support for PCIe Gen5 x16 graphics cards and backwards compatibility with PCIe Gen4 and Gen3 devices.

The device built with flexibility in mind, can deliver high performance with a 12th generation i9 processor, with eight performance cores (P-cores) and eight efficient cores (E-cores), 24 threads and up to at 5.1 GHz turbo boost max frequency. The other variant comes with a 12th generation i7 processor, with eight P cores and four E cores, 20 threads and a maximum turbo boost frequency of up to 4.9 GHz.

Pricing for the Core i7 model will start at $1,150 (~₹86,500), while the Core i9 model will start at $1,450 (~₹1,09,000), Intel said, adding that the PC will be available from of the second. quarter of this year.

• Intel has announced a modular desktop PC, designed for high-end gaming and content creation tasks, powered by its latest 12th Gen processors

• Intel NUC 12 Extreme, codenamed Dragon Canyon, offers two processor options – a Core i9-12900 and a Core i7-12700 – along with support for full-size 12-inch discrete graphics cards and a full range of input and output ports

• Pricing for the Core i7 model will start at $1,150 (~₹86,500), while the Core i9 model will start at $1,450 (~₹1,09,000), Intel said, adding that the PC will be available from of the second. quarter of this year.