Name: NUC 12 Enthusiast Kit
Brand: ASUS
SKU: 23860

Space-saving NUC 12 Enthusiast Kits offer an ideal balance of size and performance for content creators.

Intel® Arc™ graphics supercharge modern gaming with AI-enhanced upscaling, real-time ray tracing, and full support for DirectX12 Ultimate
Serious gamers get the memory and storage they need, with up to 64GB dual-channel memory, two M.2 PCIe x4 Gen4 slots, and an M.2 PCIe x4 Gen3 slot
Connect fast with 2.5Gb Ethernet, Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth® 5.2

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Create the Future

Create and game with a mini PC featuring a 12th Gen Intel^® Core^™ i7 processor and Intel^® Arc^™ discrete graphics.

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NUC 12 Enthusiast Mini PCs and Kits

NUC 12 Enthusiast Mini PCs and Kits deliver performance with a 12th Gen Intel^® Core^™ processor paired with
Intel^® Arc^™ discrete graphics.

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Elevate your creativity

Powerful Processors

12th Gen Intel^® Core^™ processor’s innovative hybrid architecture–a combination of powerful Performance-cores (P-cores) for demanding tasks and smaller Efficient-cores (E-cores) for background tasks.

Intel^® Arc^™ Graphics

Built with new Intel^® Arc^™ 7 graphics for advanced features like ray tracing for next-level realism.

Killer Wireless

Get a VIP wireless experience with Intel^® Killer^™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690i, which is designed to deliver ultralow latency for creating, streaming, and gaming, even on crowded networks.

Fast, Fun, Fully Loaded

Creators can download, edit, and upload stream highlights in an instant with lightning-fast Intel^® Killer^™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690i and two Thunderbolt^™ 4 ports.

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