new nuc on the way....

[you2]

This might be old news but it was new news to myself so posting here:
https://wccftech.com/intel-8th-gen-coffee-lake-u-iris-plus-bean-canyon-nucs-revealed/
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Basically intel has a set of new fanless nucs with iris plus 655.

I presume these processors will have meltdown fix et all. Also not sure if they will go back to the nice little 4x4 square or use that new (imho awful) design.

 

[baydude]

Don't think this has better performance than the nuc8i7hvk
I think that design was made for gamers w/ the AMD Vega M. Can't Imagine the builtin Intel Iris Plus graphics having better performance.

 

[you2]

Won't have better gpu performance but probably less expensive and lower power. Of course the zotac en1080K has significant better gaming performance over the nuc8i7hvk; though power and cost are higher.

Don't think this has better performance than the nuc8i7hvk
I think that design was made for gamers w/ the AMD Vega M. Can't Imagine the builtin Intel Iris Plus graphics having better performance.

 

[baydude]

Won't have better gpu performance but probably less expensive and lower power. Of course the zotac en1080K has significant better gaming performance over the nuc8i7hvk; though power and cost are higher.

Less expensive is always good but can’t see much advantage of lower power consumption of a non-battery powered computing device. By the time this is released, shouldnt the performance NUCs and en1080k price drop as well?

 

[you2]

I wouldn't expect the en1080k to drop a lot in price. However i do expect the next generation of the vega solution to be better. I would also expect to something from amd soon.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Less expensive is always good but can’t see much advantage of lower power consumption of a non-battery powered computing device. By the time this is released, shouldnt the performance NUCs and en1080k price drop as well?

Lower power = less fan noise or even fanless, give the same case airflow. And NUCs are too small for 120mm - 140mm fans that can move air quietly.