The NUC is BACK!

The SimplyNUC Onyx v9 combines an Intel Core i9-13900H and support for up to 96GB of memory into a familiar NUC form factor.

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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
01:21 External Hardware Overview SimplyNUC Onyx v9
04:39 Internal Hardware Overview
08:15 Performance
09:52 Power Consumption and Noise
11:46 Key Lessons Learned
15:31 Wrap Up

[Endelin]

Just having the ports labeled with their speed as a number is a nice feature that I wish all systems had.

[mrpetit]

7:55 One of the wifi antenna leads got pinched and damaged.
Either shoddy build from factory or user error😮

[Alan_Skywalker]

I like the 2.5 inch drive holder. It can be modified easily into a U.2 drive holder, then you can install a 12.8TB enterprise drive in it, which is larger, more performant and more reliable than an M.2 client drive.

[dwinterx]

I would always want a 2.5" Sata slot if possible, just for extra storage options. Very cheap to add a 2.5" mechanical drive that you don't need to be high speed, and it's still a fair bit cheaper to buy a sata 4TB SSD than an M.2 NVMe SSD. And a huge difference if you step up to 8TB Sata vs NVMe.

[accesser]

Hey Simply NUC, Please consider a model heavily aimed towards the home lab, some extra 2.5G ports and perhaps a rack mount accessory

[dlcmsid]

Love the NUC!! Just upgraded the wifi card in my 10-yr-old NUC for $24. Good for another 10 yrs!!! 😉

[JasonTaylor-poxc]

One of my biggest issue with SimplyNUC was the lack of a barebones option. The lesser options seemed pointless and the well spec'd ones seemed pricey.

[etimacias]

Well - the biggest benefits of Intel NUCs were:
1. Thunderbolt ports
2. Long and reliable BIOS update support

Almost none of knock-offs don't include #2, some (excluding this one) comes with #1. I hope ASUS will deliver #2 too in the future.
Mini PCs is a very competetive market now. I'd rather get Intel's NUC 13 while they are still in stock.

[ChrisSmith-tcdf]

I believe that a 2nd 2.5GE port can optionally be installed where the blank cover is on the back.

[Emilispk]

Urgent! Can you address in a new short video, or leave a pinned comment bellow this video about the WiFi cable (1 white) being almost destroyed with the corner screw...
You can see the damage in multiple spots for example here: 07:52

[tyler]

Speaking to the VMWare Proxmox trouble with E cores, now that Intel is done with NUCs this would be a golden opportunity for simply NUC to start putting out some Ryzen NUCs.

[redtails]

7:58 man they destroyed that wifi antenna when they screwed the case together

[WDMurphy]

The thing about SDcard reader is that the SDcard reader can read both SD and microSD so it's useful for both card types (so it's silly to add a MicroSD).
I really like SD cards too lol.

[allenellisdewitt]

2.5 inch expansion is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT in these little guys, given the lack of physical space on the board itself.

[joshuawaterhousify]

As someone who has a MinisForum HM80 and runs 2 2.5" SSDs in there, I can tell you a reason for it; capacity. I use 2 8TB SSDs in there as a combination of game download cache and NAS. Even that's basically at capacity, and if I was having to do that on M.2s with their cost/capacity limitations? I couldn't even FIND 8TB M.2 drives at that time here (I know Sabrent's existed, but there was no easy way to get them here), and even if I could have they'd have been ridiculously priced.

[brians]

I actually disagree with the request to upgrade the default storage. IMHO most buyers of this device will use it to watch video (streaming, from a NAS, etc), office tasks and other basic, web browsing apps. 256Gb is plenty for a “basic” use case.

[Iget]

Hi Patrick! Exactly like you said, those USB 2.0 ports are still really valuable for keyboard and mouse receivers. USB 3.0 can often interfere with 2.4ghz RF at close range. Ideally, you'd even put a little hub on the port to get the receiver away from the other USB 3.0. It was a whole thing back in the day when I was in client tech support and USB docks first started being a thing.

For the SD card slot, I 100% agree it would have been better as full size. Do you think they were thinking of imaging Raspberry Pi and other SBC systems? Even then I'd argue for SDcard, since the micro SD almost always comes with an adapter anyway.

[charleshughes]

7:55 The silicon for the AX1675x is the same as the AX210 as far as I'm aware, the special PCI device ID just gets you access to the Killer software utilities.

[TheSolidSnakeOil]

I think Intel was trying to do to much with the NUCs. Just being a simply mini PC didn't seem to be enough for them.

And that Wifi cable is chewed up.

[Will-schw]

The opposite really, we need MORE sata ports. a lot of people use them as servers and having the ability to run a zfs mirror is priceless. Right now i have to resort to nvme+sata zfs mirror which isn't ideal. Or they should add a second Nvme slot.