January 19 news, according to Tom's Hardware reported that the mini-host NUC 11Essential, which was exposed in May last year, was finally released and will soon be available for sale.
This mini console is available in three CPUs: Celeron N4505 (dual-core dual thread, 2.9GHz), Celeron N5105 (quad-core quad-thread, 2.9GHz), Pentium N6005 (quad-core quad-thread, 3.3GHz), up to DDR4-2933 memory. NuC 11Essential has 6 USB interfaces, 1 DP1.4 interface, 1 HDMI2.0b interface, enough for us to connect many devices.
Celeron and Pentium is a low-end CPU launched by Intel, commonly used in NUC mini host, Xiao Lei went to query the performance data of Pentium N6005, large games can not be played, LOL do not open too high quality, should be able to run smoothly. For young office workers, this is great news, and it is not bad to relax after work playing games such as LOL and Hearthstone that do not eat performance.
NuC 11Essential price has not yet been announced, referring to the previous generation, the price is expected to be around 200 US dollars (about 1270 yuan). The performance of such products is very weak, and the price is generally not too high.
Compared with ordinary consoles, the main advantage of mini hosts is that they are easy to carry, can be carried away in a bag, and can be used when plugged in to the power supply and monitor. For some people who often need to work across the land, the portability of the mini host is not worse than that of the laptop, and the price is much cheaper, which is indeed worth considering.
This type of host also has some disadvantages, the most obvious of which is that the performance is too poor, compared with the desktop at the same price, the performance can be said to be completely out of a grade. Earlier Xiao Lei wanted to buy a mini host, but a look at all the Pentium, Celeron processors, immediately dead heart, if the PC manufacturer can launch a Core CPU, even if it is only 8 generations of i3, Xiao Lei is willing to buy.
However, after thinking about it carefully, it is indeed difficult to make the Core CPU in the mini host, after all, the thermal design power consumption of the three optional CPUs of NUC 11Essential is 10W, and the thermal design power consumption of the i3-8100 has reached 65W, and it is difficult to do small volume heat dissipation.
Not to mention that the mini host market is not large, most consumers with portability needs will choose laptops, and it is estimated that few manufacturers are willing to bother to study the high-end version of mini hosts.