Intel have announced the new NUC 13 Extreme, proving power comes in small sizes too

Intel have announced their new NUC 13 Extreme device, what was previously known as Raptor Canyon, during its development phase, the device has been completed and is available now.

But what is a NUC computer I hear you ask, well it is a micro form factor PC, that still delivers gaming performance. In fact this latest edition of the modular NUC platform, achieves incredible speed with up to a 13th Gen Intel Core™ i9 desktop processor with eight Performance-cores (P-cores) and 16 Efficient-cores (E-cores), 32 threads and up to an incredible 5.8 GHz max turbo frequency.

Check out the video below, to get a real comprehensive breakdown of all that the new device can do.

For those looking for the stats, the device itself offers up the following:

• Support for up to 64GB dual-channel DDR5-5600 MHz SODIMMs.

• Support for PCIe Gen5 x16 new triple-slot 12” graphics cards.

• Support for up to three PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs (M.2 2280).

• Intel® 2.5GbE (i226-V) / 10GbE (AQC113) LAN.

• Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E.

• Two Thunderbolt™ 4 ports.

• Six USB 3.2 Gen2 rear ports.

To show that it is a tiny device, check out the board image below, which you can see without the fan attached.

Here is the same basics, now with the fan and heatsink, showing that the size is a fraction of what you might expect.

The Intel NUC 13 Extreme is expected to be available first in China with a release to wider audiences during the fourth quarter of 2022, with more rolling out through early 2023.

Local pricing has not been confirmed yet, but there are a handful of retailers like Scorptec or MWave that sell them, so you can order the 12th gen CPU models. As they cover various specs, some of them could even do basic Windows support, if you needed a small and cheap PC.