News Asus' new NUC has a customizable, always-on E-Ink display on top — the army of five NUCs includes ultra-efficient to maximum performance and everyt...

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Asus launched five new NUC devices at CES 2025.

Asus' new NUC has a customizable, always-on E-Ink display on top — the army of five NUCs includes ultra-efficient to maximum performance and everyt... : Read more

 

[DS426]

All these "legacy" OEM's still putting most of their eggs in the Intel basket??

I wonder what sales look like on traditional NUC's vs. AMD 4x4 systems? Does anyone know if Minisforum moves a lot of units?
https://store.minisforum.com/collections/amd-®-ryzen-®

 

[bit_user]

Looks cool, but I don't see any pics of it in action. The last image carousel is broken for me - is that maybe where the pics are of it showing anything useful?

Since I'm sure ASUS is charging top dollar for these, I guess they had to think of something they could do to differentiate them.

 

[thestryker]

The last image carousel is broken for me - is that maybe where the pics are of it showing anything useful?

Those are supposed to be the ROG NUC pictures near as I can tell (broken for me too): https://liliputing.com/asus-rog-nuc...arrow-lake-and-nvidia-rtx-50-series-graphics/

They also have more images of the one with the display in the top but they don't show anything different. It seems almost like the E-ink display is literally just for showing a static image: https://liliputing.com/asus-nuc-14-...-e-ink-top-cover-and-a-semi-transparent-case/

 

[Aaron Priest]

I miss vPro Enterprise on NUCs for remote management and full KVM. Intel used to do it, but Asus seems to have dropped that functionality since they took over.

 

[thestryker]

I miss vPro Enterprise on NUKs for remote management and full KVM. Intel used to do it, but Asus seems to have dropped that functionality since they took over.

https://www.asus.com/us/displays-desktops/nucs/nuc-mini-pcs/asus-nuc-14-pro/

Unless I'm missing something it's right in the title line there. Is there some sort of functionality which isn't enabled simply by buying one of the vPro parts?

 

[Aaron Priest]

https://www.asus.com/us/displays-desktops/nucs/nuc-mini-pcs/asus-nuc-14-pro/

Unless I'm missing something it's right in the title line there. Is there some sort of functionality which isn't enabled simply by buying one of the vPro parts?

Can't find SKUs that specifically mention it anywhere, and the ones we did buy in that model lineup that were supposed to have it based on CPU and NIC did not have it enabled at all, nor could Asus provide a BIOS update that did. Didn't bother returning them as that application didn't require vPro, but I was disappointed.

 

[thestryker]

Can't find SKUs that specifically mention it anywhere, and the ones we did buy in that model lineup that were supposed to have it based on CPU and NIC did not have it enabled at all, nor could Asus provide a BIOS update that did. Didn't bother returning them as that application didn't require vPro, but I was disappointed.

Every model in that link I posted has a 165H with vPro and a 135H with vPro listed on the datasheet. None of the other CPUs list vPro support whether or not the CPU itself would be capable.

 

[Aaron Priest]

Every model in that link I posted has a 165H with vPro and a 135H with vPro listed on the datasheet. None of the other CPUs list vPro support whether or not the CPU itself would be capable.

I'm not here to argue, merely to share my experience buying many Intel and Asus NUCs. It was easy to get specific SKUs from Intel, it is not from Asus. Asus lists models, but they cover many SKUs, and getting specific SKUs is difficult from their website and documentation (even your datasheet). Having the correct CPU and NIC is not enough to get functional vPro Enterprise with KVM, it has to be added as a feature in the BIOS, and so far none of the Asus SKUs we have bought with the correct hardware combination has had it, nor has support been able to deliver such a BIOS.

For example, NUC14RVK is a model lineup in that datasheet, but not a SKU. RNUC14RVKV5068C1I is a specific SKU in the NUC14RVK model series; it has the correct CPU and NIC, but still no vPro Enterprise with KVM. I have not found a list of specific SKUs that are guaranteed to have vPro Enterprise.

 

[thestryker]

It was easy to get specific SKUs from Intel, it is not from Asus.

This I'm very familiar with since last time I was looking (11th Gen I think) Intel just had vPro specific models so you knew exactly what you were buying. I don't know why Asus makes it such a hassle as there's no good reason. It seems like with Asus there might also be different SKUs in different countries which might be missing features.

For example, NUC14RVK is a model lineup in that datasheet, but not a SKU. RNUC14RVKV5068C1I is a specific SKU in the NUC14RVK model series; it has the correct CPU and NIC, but still no vPro Enterprise with KVM. I have not found a list of specific SKUs that are guaranteed to have vPro Enterprise.

The only NUC 14 SKUs I found specifically mentioning vPro:
RNUC14RVKV5068CUI
RNUC14RVHV50000UI
RNUC14RVHV70000UI

 

[Aaron Priest]

This I'm very familiar with since last time I was looking (11th Gen I think) Intel just had vPro specific models so you knew exactly what you were buying. I don't know why Asus makes it such a hassle as there's no good reason. It seems like with Asus there might also be different SKUs in different countries which might be missing features.

The only NUC 14 SKUs I found specifically mentioning vPro:
RNUC14RVKV5068CUI
RNUC14RVHV50000UI
RNUC14RVHV70000UI

That's good to know, where did you find those specific SKUs mentioning vPro Enterprise? Strangely, B&H isn't aware, even though they sell them and they are in stock.

 

[thestryker]

That's good to know, where did you find those specific SKUs mentioning vPro Enterprise? Strangely, B&H isn't aware, even though they sell them and they are in stock.

I saw them first on the Asus US store and verified SKUs with Provantage (I've used them in the past). The online store listings I came across were very inconsistent with some showing vPro and others not. I think that's due to shared listings, but Provantage lists all SKUs separately and sells NUC 14 Pro models with and without vPro.

 

[Aaron Priest]

I saw them first on the Asus US store and verified SKUs with Provantage (I've used them in the past). The online store listings I came across were very inconsistent with some showing vPro and others not. I think that's due to shared listings, but Provantage lists all SKUs separately and sells NUC 14 Pro models with and without vPro.

That is good, I have used Provantage as well quite often, but didn't search for SKUs there when B&H and others didn't say they had vPro I guess.