As we learned last September, ASUS has taken over Intel’s NUC division. However, this range of mini-computers is losing some of its feathers, as the brand is discontinuing the NUC Extreme series. Due to its size and technical constraints, the series was not widely adopted, especially as it competes directly with certain machines from the Taiwanese manufacturer.
NUC Extreme: ASUS discontinues the series!
As a reminder, the NUC series is a range of ultra-compact computers initially offered by Intel. For greater performance, the company offered the Extreme version, which came with a large CPU and a PCIe slot for a dedicated graphics card. However, this range came very close to an ITX computer, which is already offered by ASUS. In its catalog, the brand offers the Strix G16CHR based on an i7 14700KF and an RTX 4080.
This decision to discontinue the series means that the NUC 13 Extreme will remain the last model in the range. As a reminder, it offered a large Core i9 13900K-based configuration with the option of fitting a large graphics card.
However, upgrading this machine was no easy task, since a new motherboard had to be developed to accommodate a 14900K, for example. Upgrading the graphics card would make sense, but what’s the point of offering a “next-generation” machine without a new processor?
All these technical reasons led ASUS to discontinue the series. However, this doesn’t mean that there won’t be a ROG model in the future, nor a version offering a minimum of performance. On the contrary, at CES, ASUS unveiled its ROG NUC, a 2.5l machine equipped with a Core Ultra 9 and a mobile RTX 4070.
