Intel NUC 12 Pro Review - Power in the Palm of Your Hand

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Intel’s 2022 tiny NUC mini desktop PC sports P series Alder Lake 12th gen Core i5 and i7 CPUs. It’s small enough to mount to on the back of a monitor using the included VESA mount, yet it’s more powerful than most 28 watt laptops. Generationally, we so solid improvements here. It has RAM and SSD slots, Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5Gb Ethernet and two Thunderbolt 4 ports. As ever, it’s one of the smallest PCs on the market. It’s sold bare bones (no RAM, SSD or OS) or you can buy it from SimplyNUC and others who will install those for you.

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My household uses 3 of those little darlings. NUC 8, 10, 11. I'm getting ready for mine, a NUC 12. They're just fantastic for the money.

wyzemann

Thanks a lot for the review. I am looking at that form factor. One aspect that you forgot to mention is the fan noise level which is a buying decision factor if it is going to sit on a desktop close to the user.

armagedon

The NUCs have been great for me. Replaced a full shelf off tower servers with four NUCs in a tenth off the space, power and noise. They haven't all been perfect for servers though as the cooling wasn't meant for continuous use. An external fan to cool the nvme solved that issue but looks ugly.

KwanLowe

Thanks…I enjoyed your review. Blessings on your day!

jeffhale

Ow yeah now that’s a real Nuc computer. Incredible performance in a Altoids can (figuratively).

markm

When I saw the thumbnail I actually thought it was a Nintendo Gamecube with a mini PC on top.

ricky

You State the 2280 NVM is the boot Drive but can you use the 2242 as the boot drive? Otherwise I don’t see the point in the 2242 with limited storage capacity in this size.

trevormcgrath

I wish you wouldve shown how loud it gets

HEADRUSH

Lisa - Do you of any sff pc's with built-in power supplies? Something that has a dedicated GPU?

hmj

Picked up a similar model on ebay. It didn't come with ram, harddrive or an OS for £170.
Slapped in 16gb ram and a harddrive, installed windows via USB and wallah... I have a really fast machine for less than £300. An absolute bargain

SirAdammmmm

cool, but i dont know what i would use it for

JogBird

Brilliant Lisa thank you, are able to connect the 4 monitors without a dungle that puts the image to the 4? Please let u know. Thanks

lny

I am disappointed that they use a plastic case (even though they put it around an inner metal frame). The older NUCs have a solid feeling metal case. Hope a future NUC will bring back the metal case.
I also don't like the power block. My old NUC7i5 with 15W TDP has a small power supply, which fits the NUC much better, as it makes for a really small package to carry around.

marais

WHY CAN'T MORE PEOPLE COPY INTEL'S IO? SERIOUSLY, so many of these tiny PCs I've passed up since they make the most baffling IO decisions. Save for ASROCK whose NUC line is also well IO-ed for the size. Also supports a 3.5in drive.

tdata