NEW NUCs Fanless to Gaming

We test three new NUCs, the ASUS NUC 13 Rugged Short, the ASUS ROG NUC, and the ASUS NUC 14 Pro as a first set after ASUS acquired Intel's NUC business in 2023. One of these surprised me.

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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
02:47 ASUS NUC 13 Rugged Short Fanless Hardware
05:21 ASUS NUC 14 Pro Hardware
07:47ASUS ROG NUC Hardware
11:03 Performance
12:59 Power Consumption and Noise
14:37 Key Lessons Learned
1824 Wrap-up

[BobHannent]

Congratulations on being a father, the best advice my father gave me, and one I share with new parents:
* Don't try and be silent around your baby. It's tempting because you don't want to wake them, but you want to get them used to being around noise while they sleep so you can get stuff done. He advised doing vacuuming around my son, perhaps you can start a 1U server while your child is sleeping? :-)

Aside from that? Less is more. You don't need all the things you think you need.

Essential purchases? Get puppy toilet training pads, they make great disposable nappy changing mats (especially good when changing on the go or when changing an ass explosion). We also bought a bulk 12 pack of 70cm 'muslin squares', there are a thousand things you'll find uses for. They can provide a shade that can be clipped up anywhere, they can mop up body fluids, etc. My wife now uses them as a cloth when she works out!

[dvinder]

Well done to your wife, we know she did all the hard work! congratulations to you both 🎉

[robertopontone]

My concern is the relatability of ASUS, the INTEL NUC was super reliable, while Asus does not have the same record at all. I hope to be mistaken.

[NatesRandomVideo]

After the GN stories on Asus warranty — can’t buy Asus. They don’t treat customers well enough when things go wrong.

[JustAnOldPyro]

One of the best things I can tell you from a dad to a dad, buy a bunch of books for your baby, sure you won't be able to read through them with your child but they'll corollate books with cuddle time and as time goes on you'll have a little one on your lap cuddled up as you read books to them. :) Let their imagination soar without limits!

[SpeZi-trgr]

Patrick with 2h of sleep is as awake as I am not after a full weekend of sleep and 4 espressos in

[honestgoat]

Awww, congrats on the fatherhood brother. Thats awesome. I'm stoked for you.

[TheFrenchtiger]

Congrats Patrick! Get a Costco business cash back card, their Kirkland diapers are name brand, and their Kirkland vodka is Grey Goose! These are the best times and they go by so fast!

[jolness]

First, congrats again on the baby! Hope mom and him are healthy and doing well.
Baby advice: treasure every moment, even the ones that aren’t so great. Everyone told me how fast they grow up but I didn’t internalize it in the same way as I have since. Even when our 3 month old spits up or there is a gnarly diaper change at 3am… I try to remember he’ll only be little like this once. It’s amazing to watch them grow up but also… it’s tough.

NUC: these are awesome… I do sure some misgivings about Asus support, which is a shame because they do some very solid engineering work in general (not without their mistakes of course). I’m hoping we see them really work on providing great CS as it will push everyone to do better because asus is a market leader in several segments.

Great video as always! Congrats again Patrick!

[stefb]

Congratulations on the arrival of your little bundle of joy ! All the best.

[ScottyG-wood]

Congrats! Daddy of tech becomes a dad irl! Love it and keep up the good work.

[rayarsenault]

Congrats on the bebe. My tip is take every moment of sleep you can. Cuddling sleeping babe? Snerz yourself. Dad of 4 here. Congrats ❤

[DavidDavisL]

Interesting systems - thanks for the coverage of these. And more importantly, congratulations on the baby and Happy Father's Day! Hope Mom, baby, and Dad are well. Get some rest when you can!

[benpapworth]

Congrats on your baby and becoming a father!

Advice:
• if it’s a boy, get yourself a weewee teepee!
• for crying unconsolably, simply a change of scene may work better than any soothing you try.
• from three months, read rhyming books for getting ready to sleep - Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary and Slinki Malinki book series are great fun. You’ll enjoy them and since you’ll read them a lot, that’s a blessing!

[GregMcCall]

I now don’t trust ASUS who are likely to bake in a gotcha. I recently got a PN53 ( ryzen 4x4 NUC like) to update my intel NUC. It can’t run headless and ASUS don’t have BIOS settings to stop the monitor check. They refuse to accept that should be changed (lazy tech). Very sorry I got ASUS

[TweakMDS]

Congrats! Huge life changing moment, and don't worry, you can get some sleep back in just a few short years :D

[SkeezWeeze]

Great content, congratulations on the new baby!

[allenellisdewitt]

I'd love to see them do a fanless n100 release: Perfect workshop/garage PC.

[montecorbit]

At 2:42
Baby tips:

1: Lots of hugs....both baby and mommy.

2: Get use to the lack of sleep....you May fondly remember sleep has that thing you used to do when you didn't have a care in the world....but that is over.

[phantomtec]

18:25 So blessed be partner and you although just in case there
is one of those baby got dropped on head issues well...
"mamma used to always say, big thoughts son, not big words."
Enjoy parenthood and always appreciate the videos. Peace