Asus has added a new member to its NUC 14 family of mini-PCs. The newAsus NUC 14 Performancelives up to its suffix by packing in up to anIntel Core Ultra 9 185H‘Meteor Lake’ processor, andNvidia GeForce RTX 4070desktop GPU into a compact chassis. This new mini-PC, which supports up to five 4K displays, aims to provide “power, efficiency, and style,” to the business market.
Pondering over the specs and design of the new Asus NUC 14 Performance it quickly becomes apparent that this is one of the newROG NUC gamingdevices wearing a business suit. The processing options are the same, the 70 x 180 x 50mm (2.5 liter) chassis looks the same. Checking ports and other components – they are all the same, down to the KillerWi-Fi 6Eand Realtek ALC256audio. However, images of the new Asus NUC 14 Performance show no evidence of the customizable “addressable backlit ROG panel.” Of course, the front panel ROG logo has been removed too, with a simple black quadrilateral on the front of the Asus NUC 14 Performance.
Front I/O
Rear I/O
1 x Thunderbolt 4/ USB4 Type C port (Supports DP2.1 and 5V/9V/12V fast charging profiles) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A 1 x HDMI port 2 x DP1.4a port 1 x 2.5G RJ45 LAN 1 x DC-in 1 x Kensington Lock slot
330W external brick
270mm X 180mm X 50mm (~2.5L), 800g
AC Adapter+Power Cord, Vertical Stand
The officialproduct pagesfor the Asus ROG NUC, a device that was unveiled officially atCESin January, confirm the same hardware specs. We know that the ROG NUC with Intel Core 7 155H a discrete RTX 4060 and 0.5TB of storage is $1,629. The higher-end model with Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, discrete RTX 4070, and 1TB storage islistedat $2,199. Asus NUC 14 Performance pricing should rightfully be lower, with the RGB stuff removed, but as these devices are marketed to businesses and enterprises it might mean a premium is applied.
Asofficial custodiansof the NUC line, Asus has also created some more traditional ‘4x4’ NUC 14 designs, namely theNUC 14 ProandNUC 14 Pro+.In March we found out these Meteor Lake devices arepricedat $394 and $896, respectively. Asus has taken its time between revealing these products and availability, with the 4x4 NUC 14 mini PCs only recently hitting retail.
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