In the field of mini computers, Intel's NUC has long been a benchmark, just like the position of Microsoft's Surface Pro series in the two-in-one PC tablet market. In 2022, NUC mainly derived product lines such as [Wall Street Canyon], [Virer Canyon] and [Flying Dragon Canyon], a

In the field of mini computer , NUC under Intel has long been a benchmark, just like the position of Microsoft's Surface Pro series in the two-in-one PC tablet market. In 2022, NUC mainly derived product lines such as Wall Street Canyon, Serpent Canyon and Dragon Canyon, and its positioning has increased in turn. Today, let’s briefly talk about these new products of NUC 2022 iteration.

In addition, there is also the [Raptor Canyon] (Raptor Canyon) armed the 13th generation Core platform. Friends who are interested in the NUC13 family can follow the subsequent updates of Jiansheng.

NUC full name Next Unit of Computing is a concept proposed by Intel in 2012. We can regard it as a [barbarian] with only basic accessories such as chassis, processor, wireless network card and power supply. As long as you plug in the memory and hard disk, you can use it normally after installing the system. The price mentioned in this article is the reference price for the NUC12 bare system (taken from early December 2022). Each sales channel will launch retail versions with different models and capacity memory hard drives (and systems) installed. The prices vary greatly. You should compare the prices before purchasing.

NUC12 Wall Street Canyon

Wall Street Canyon is the most friendly positioned in the NUC12 family. It mainly features a super mini body the size of a palm, which can maximize the desktop space. We can even hide it on the back of the monitor through a wall-mounted kit.

It should be noted that Wall Street Canyon includes the Professional Edition (NUC12 Pro) and the Youth Edition (NUC12). The main difference between the two is that the Youth Edition has cancelled the Thunderbolt 4 interface, so the starting price has been reduced to around 2,999 yuan, while the quotation for the Professional Edition generally starts at around 3,199 yuan.

In addition, Wall Street Canyon also has the difference between thick and thin versions. The configuration of the two is exactly the same basic interface, except that the thick version has been increased from 37mm to 54mm, and a 2.5-inch SATA hard disk expansion bit has been added inside. Through the internal M.2 2242 slot, 1 RJ45+2 USB expansion board can be connected, thus transforming into a dual network port soft router.

Wall Street Canyon can choose from the 12th generation Core i5-1240P or i7-1260P processors. They are all 4 large, 8 small, 12 cores and 16 threads. The performance of CPU is actually very small, but the full-blood version of Iris Xe 96 core display integrated with i7-1260P has a little stronger performance. However, I believe no one buys NUC to play games, right? Therefore, for most ordinary users, choosing the i5 version of Wall Street Canyon is enough. Isn’t it beautiful to upgrade larger memory and hard drives the money saved?

Wall Street Canyon sets the PL2 power consumption for the processor to be 64W and PL1 is 40W. Through actual measurement, the power consumption of roaster for a long time can be stable between 35W and 40W, exceeding most core graphics notebooks with the same configuration, and is used for office and LOL-level online games without any pressure.

Although Wall Street Canyon is compact, its expansion ability is even stronger than most 17-inch gaming laptops. Internal dual memory slots, up to 2 32GB DDR4-3200 memory can be installed. There are 2 built-in M.2 slots, 2280 and 2242 respectively. If you have high requirements for storage capacity, you can install up to 3 hard disks when choosing a thick version.

In terms of interfaces, Wall Street Canyon provides 2 Thunderbolt 4 (Youth Edition does not have), 3 USB-A3.2 (10Gbps), USB-A2.0, 2× HDMI2.0b, RJ45, audio interface and power jack.

Wall Street Canyon is equipped with 2 HDMIs and 2 Thunderbolt 4s, which means it can support 4-channel video output at the same time, forming a 4-screen display matrix, which is extremely friendly to users such as stock trading, audio and video editing, or multi-channel video surveillance.

If you have to pick on Wall Street Canyon, it has cancelled the family-specific built-in SDXC card reader design. In addition, the standard charger is a huge [brick], which is very annoying wherever it is placed.

Users in need can equip Wall Street Canyon with a 100W gallium nitride charger, and then buy a trick head to use the gallium nitride charger to power the NUC12.

Overall, Wall Street Canyon still plays the role of a bare-system benchmark, with a mini figure, 2 to 3 hard disks (thin/thick), rich interfaces, and the continuous power consumption release of 35W~40W can bring a far better experience than the same laptop in a square inch, and also retains a certain amount of DIY fun. Wall Street Canyon's price is about 4,500 yuan to 5,000 yuan after equipped with 16GB of memory, 1TB SSD and monitor. At this price, you can buy popular laptops such as Lenovo Xiaoxin Pro14, Acer Extraordinary S3 Pro, Asus Unparalleled, HP War 66, Dell Lingyue Pro, Mechanical Revolution Code/Unbound, etc. The latter's advantage is that it comes with a screen, which can be powered off in any environment, while Wall Street Canyon must be bound to a fixed place with a power socket. Therefore, whether NUC Wall Street Canyon is worth buying depends on whether you have a [office work] need. If not, NUC is really more fragrant.

NUC12 Viper Canyon

Viper Canyon can be regarded as the [big cup] of the NUC12 family. It also uses the same mobile version of hardware as the notebook and has been simultaneously upgraded to the 12th generation Core i7-12700H processor, as well as Intel's own Ruixuan A770M independent graphics card, and at the same time compresses the body to the 2.5L level, supports horizontal and vertical placement, and can be fully compatible with various narrow desktop spaces.

Viper Canyon adopts a hexagonal design, a small chassis made of plastic + metal material. The corners are passivated by rounded corners. After removing the side panel of the fuselage, the backlight etching slices inside can be replaced to achieve different styles of backlight effects.

Viper Canyon is equipped with the 12th generation Core i7-12700H processor, adopts 6 large, 8 small, 14 cores and 20 thread design, integrated Iris Xe 96 core graphics, and continuously power consumption releases about 70W, which is not too high. You should know that many games equipped with i7-12700H can achieve power consumption of more than 90W. The conservative power consumption of Viper Canyon can be exchanged for lower heating and fan noise, which can be considered as gains and losses.

The biggest feature of Viper Canyon is the armed Intel Ruixuan A770M independent graphics card. It has a complete 8 sets of rendering slices, including 32 Xe cores (equivalent to 512 execution units) and 32 ray tracing units, with a core frequency of up to 1650MHz, and a 256-bit bit-width 16GB GDDR6 video memory, and the continuous power consumption can be released up to 120W. Its 3D gaming performance is similar to that of the RTX 3060. Its 3D gaming performance is similar to that of the 12th generation Core processor and Iris Xe core graphics card, and can significantly improve the efficiency in video creation applications.

Thanks to the larger body, Viper Canyon's expansion ability is definitely better than Wall Street Canyon. This product can install up to 2 32GB DDR4-3200 memory, and comes with 3 M.2 slots standard, 2 of which support PCIe 4.0 SSD, and the other one is compatible with both PCIe 3.0 and SATA channels.

Viper Canyon also has a rich external interface, providing SDXC card reader, 2 Thunderbolt 4, 6 USB-A3.2 (10Gbps), HDMI2.1, 2×DP2.0, audio interface and power jack, and a total of 5 video output interfaces.

In general, NUC12 Viper Canyon is a mini computer with a higher positioning, with a small and cool appearance design, a combination of i7-12700H and A770M, a 165W power consumption release, and it also reaches the average level of mid-to-high-end gaming laptops. The rich interfaces and 3 hard disks are enough to make most gaming laptops envious and jealous.

It should be noted that the driver optimization of Intel Ruixuan independent graphics is not in place yet, and the actual gaming experience is definitely not as good as RTX 3060 (mobile version), so Viper Canyon is more inclined to content creators, such as Office office, video editing, rendering, picture design, etc. If you prefer the game experience, you need to attack the Dragon Canyon. The bare-cost price of Viper Canyon is less than 9,000 yuan, and the price-performance ratio is average.If you like Ruixuan independent graphics and have the need to use computers when going out, Jiansheng actually recommends that you choose the Mechanic Shuguang 16 laptop, which uses a 2.5K 16-inch screen, i7-12700H and Ruixuan A730M independent graphics, the current price is less than 8,000 yuan.

NUC 12 Extreme Flying Dragon Canyon

As the [super large cup] in the NUC12 family, NUC 12 Extreme Flying Dragon Canyon continues the chassis design of the previous generation of Beast Canyon, but after upgrading the 12th generation Core platform, the overall performance has been further improved.

NUC 12 Extreme Feilong Canyon uses a super compact 8L chassis. Compared with the family brothers introduced earlier, it uses a dedicated LGA 1700 slot processor for desktops, which is compatible with a dual-slot + 305mm length desktop graphics card, which is almost the same as an ITX storage machine in terms of DIY potential.

The chassis of Feilong Canyon has a large area of ​​hexagonal texture and metal dustproof mesh. The front version contains the RGB light with a skull pattern, and the appearance design is extremely cool. The highlight of the internal design of

Feilong Canyon is to make a complete set of [Computing Board Modules] that are installed into the chassis through the PCI-E slot similar to the graphics card. This product can choose from the 12th generation Core i7-12700 (8 large, 4 small, 12 cores, 20 threads) or i9-12900 (8 large, 8 small, 16 cores, 24 threads) processors, integrated UHD770 core graphics, and can set the three-speed power consumption in the BIOS by itself. Users can switch at any time according to actual needs and their endurance to noise.

Feilong Canyon has a built-in 650W gold medal power supply, supports a double slot + 305mm long-limited desktop graphics card, compatible with most mid-to-high-end models on the market, creating a true [small cannon].

The upgrade potential of Feilong Canyon is similar to that of Viper Canyon. Both have 2 built-in memory slots and up to 64GB of capacity is upgraded. 3 M.2 slots are built in, but they all support PCIe 4.0 SSD.

In terms of interface, Feilong Canyon provides SDXC card reader, 2 Thunderbolt 4, USB-C 3.2 (10Gbps), 7 USB-A3.2 (10Gbps), HDMI2.0b, 2 RJ45 (10Gbps speed and .5Gbps speed respectively), audio interface and power jack, which is comparable to desktop computer .

In general, NUC12Extreme Flying Dragon Canyon can be called the [Emperor] in the mini computer. As long as you are not short of money, you can get higher upper limit performance. However, with the launch of NUC13 Raptor Canyon, the performance advantages of Flying Dragon Canyon are no longer there. Fortunately, its current price has dropped to less than 8,000 yuan, while the price of Raptor Canyon starts at 14,999 yuan (equipped with i9-13,900K, i7 and i5 versions have not yet been launched). Whether it is worth buying depends on whether your wallet is rich.