Intel, you’re doing it wrong. - Intel NUC 12 Review

Intel’s NUC’s are getting good – but at what cost? We’re taking a deep dive into the 12th Gen NUC Extreme to find out.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:52 Humble beginnings
1:43 EXTREME!
2:25 12th Gen
3:33 Under the hood
4:19 Stealth GPU
5:27 Inside the Compute Unit
7:00 Even deeper
8:00 Paste Piracy
8:40 12900K Tuning
11:05 Old vs New

[WaLApA]

Had me at the stealth Alchemist GPU—hopefully that would be uncloaked soon.

[portalwalker_]

Just a question:
Is the gravity in Canada somehow much stronger than everywhere else? Because you guys seem to (almost) drop expensive tech quite frequently

[xekhan]

I'm so dissappointed that they put "Paste Piracy" instead of "Paste Privateer"

[Burssty]

Intel NUCs have always been a weird fixation for me. They have a value proposition that just never makes sense, but that makes it even more tantalizing

[TubbyJ]

4:03 my old Thermaltake Tsunami case had a 90mm side fan. The stock black fan replaced with a cool UV blue 92mm fan was close, but not quite an exact fit. The screws were never flat, they had to be angled.

[PolarisNC]

I'm starting to really enjoy the new thing you're doing with extra people contributing to the videos. It really shows how y'all work a team.

[Pakistani]

Its really good to see that intel is embracing the right to repair in these compact pc's unlike apple who glue's everything together

[unattributed]

I'm confused, what's the "doing it wrong" part? I don't see anything in this video to convince me that there's something wrong with this system. Even the price proposition doesn't appear to be too bad, which is typically the weakest point for most mini-pc's.

[RR]

So, I don't understand the title of the video. This is an awesome machine and i hear almost nothing but praise in the video. The video did lack some gaming performance stats, how are the fps on this thing?

[driftlx]

2:22 was chilling and then almost had a heart attack 😅

[fredmerizen]

I feel like I'm missing a joke here. How is Intel doing it wrong?

[johnsausage]

Unfortunately they missed the most important part: Upgrading a previous model with the newer compute element. Is it financially competitive when comparing it against a normal PC upgrade? Is the older power supply powerful enough? Can you reuse all previous M.2 SSDs (except for one). Can you sell or make REAL use of the old compute element (I highly doubt that!).

[freespam]

0:50 considering how much excitement there was i hoped to see the original box the first nuc came in to be shown and to be opened...
for those that don't know, go look it up :D

[PhanRangBoy]

I bought a complete NUC12 Extreme + Graphic Card = $3, 750. It is pricy but works real well with heavy software such as Solidworks and Mastercam. This unit can handle 200+ files working at the same assembly.

Very amazing unit. I get what I paid for.

I use this system to do some other side jobs and it paid off itself just within 1 month of work.

[nathangoddard]

The engireering looks amazing! I have an older gen NUC and I am very impressed by Intel's continuing commitment to this line!

[dfgoui]

9:48 are we just going to brush over the 670 point single core reduction from your overclock?

[rightwingsafetysquad]

I'm really interested in the i7 version. The product page on Intel's website says it's launched, but neither Amazon nor Newegg has it even listed.

[chronossage]

I thought last year it was pretty cool that you can change and upgrade the compute unit but I'm kind of disappointed they made a whole new enclosure. It feels like a loss since I figured Intel was taking a step in making some kind of waste reduction with swappable parts. I'm even more disappointed that Linus didn't swap the compute units and see if they would work in the other enclosure. Last year I felt like the whole point was you'll be able to buy newer computer units separately and just upgrade what you need.

[Thommygun-qvum]

Yeah, you kinda missed an important point. The wohole point of the modular design is that you can reuse the backplane/case and pop a new compute element in it to upgrade. So, are those compute elements sold separately? Or can you even use the 12. gen module on the backplane of the 11. gen? You literally had them side by side and not tried it. If it is not possible why bother to make this design at all? Would be nice if you could make a follow up where this question gets answered.

[BrianMcKee]

When you take account the size of the machine the price proposition of these NUCs is actually really good. Most mini itx rigs require cases in the hundreds of dollars. Really if space is at a premium there is no better solution, especially if you need 10 gig networking.