Intel has unveiled its new Beast Canyon NUC which will feature the 11th gen Intel Core Tiger Lake H series processors and full-size GPUs. Intel has had much success with its NUC lineup due to the amount of power the company can pack in a small form factor.
Intel is following up on the success of Ghost Canyon with the new Beast Canyon NUC. Ghost Canyon was a revolutionary concept that truly minimized the PC without compromising on power and it featured an 8-core processor with a desktop RTX 2080 in the highest configuration.
For Beast Canyon NUC, Intel has moved from 5 liters chassis to 8 liters. The bigger chassis will be able to enclose a full-length, massive heatsink GPU like the RTX 3000 series, and is powered by Intel’s 10nm SuperFinEnhanced 11th Gen TigerLake CPUs. These are 8 core variants that have a 45W TDP and should be more than powerful for gaming and other purposes.
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The Beast Canyon NUC will have a fully integrated power supply unit like the original Ghost Canyon NUC. Intel is also expected to continue selling the Ghost Canyon form factor and based on the images the compute element should be easily swappable in both the 5-liter and 8-liter chassis.
A few months ago, some information regarding the compute element was leaked. It was codenamed Driver Bay and has support for DDR4-3200 memory and 3x M.2 slots. It features 2x Thunderbolt 4 connections and Intel Wifi 6. 6x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A ports are also included and everything comes with a 3-year warranty.
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Beast Canyon will be available in Core i9, Core i7, and Core i5 variants. The 8-core Tiger Lake processors should offer a massive upgrade in terms of performance and should be enough for basically all general-purpose desktops.
