Intel NUC 13 Extreme Raptor Canyon

A sizzling Small Form Factor performance

- GANESH TS

LAST YEAR, Intel launched the NUC 12 Extreme Dragon Canyon with its desktop Alder Lake CPU, which we proudly featured on our May 2022 cover. Soon after, it teased the NUC13 Extreme, based on the recently-introduced Raptor Lake processors, and the result is this machine which has also made it on our cover.

For anyone new to the NUC concept, these machines are meant for users who prefer a smaller PC with relatively little tinkering required. The systems come with a chassis, PSU, motherboard, and CPU included-our NUC13RNG19 contains the Core 19-13900K (Core i713700K and Core i5-13600K models are available). That means you just need to pick the DDR5 RAM, storage, and discrete graphics card if required. Our writer Sam shows you how to build such a system starting on page 16.