About a week back, Intel announced it was exiting the NUC (Next Unit of Computing) business. I was disappointed to hear that, as I've long held a soft spot for small form factor PCs. I was fortunate to spend time with several Steam Machines back in 2016. They had their flaws, but they served to demonstrate that you really could cram a powerful gaming PC into a form factor the size of a shoebox.
In the years since, Intel showed what was possible with its NUC Extreme mini-PCs, including this one that packs in an i9 13900K and RTX 3080 Ti. A few companies have jumped on the NUC bandwagon but for various reasons they've never been marketed at enthusiasts in the way a laptop or gaming PC would be.
