Intel Officially Unveils NUC 9 Extreme Kit The "Ghost Canyon NUC"

CES 2022 is just getting wound up and Intel is hot out the gate with sneak peeks galore including their 10th Gen Comet Lake H Series high-performance mobile parts, but that's in another article. Nosotros're looking at something that has been seen before but is now officially known equally the Intel NUC nine Farthermost Kit, or more than usually referred to equally the Ghost Canyon NUC.

Since this was only a preview we didn't get all the details as those will be coming later during the duration of CES and nosotros'll revisit as we larn more. But, we know that the Ghost Coulee NUC will exist powered past 9th Gen Intel Core H Series processors and volition be available ranging from Core i5 to Core i9 with the pinnacle-end Core i9 beingness an unlocked SKU. We expect the core count to reflect those available in electric current i5 with 4 cores and 8 threads, the i7 featuring half-dozen cores and 12 threads, and the i9 featuring viii cores and sixteen threads.

The unit is confirmed to feature Intel's Compute Element system that allows for CPU upgrades through replacing the core portion of the unit of measurement that houses the motherboard, CPU, and I/O and then that this wouldn't be a 1 time buy but rather something you lot could keep upgrading over time different previous NUC designs like Hades Canyon was. But, this design also lends itself to the more appealing nature of the Ghost Canyon, the power to add in a discrete graphics card of your option, provided it is under the 8" restriction that this 5ltr chassis limits it to.

Co-ordinate to diction from Intel, information technology seems that this 'kit' will be available to OEMs to design effectually and may really exist equally a reference design for others to follow. Either manner, information technology is a tiny and powerful platform that allows for a bit of flexibility and could lend itself to making a killer living room gaming PC.

Nosotros were given the opportunity to become some pictures of the Intel Ghost Canyon NUC to amend illustrate its size besides equally the I/O that information technology features. If you await closely in the starting time image you can meet the blower-way heatsink and fan assembly that is used to cool the CPU but you can also come across that the entire side of the unit is mesh which should aid in cooling if a discrete GPU is added to the setup.

Rear: 4x USB iii.0 Ports, 2x RJ-45 Ports, 1x HDMI, 1x Audio Philharmonic Port, 2x Thunderbolt Ports, Power Plug for born PSU
Front: Power Button, 2x USB (3.0?) Ports, SD Carte du jour Reader (?), 1x Audio Combo Port

More to come on the Intel Ghost Canyon NUC as CES 2022 marches on! A more than in-depth wait at the Element modular PC design can be seen here.