News Intel Confirms NUC 12 Extreme uses Socketed Alder Lake-S Processors

[Admin]

PC Enthusiasts have long bemoaned the soldered CPUs in NUCs. Recent modular improvements weren't a big step forward, so socketed CPUs are welcome.

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[salgado18]

If Intel historically doesn't support the same socket for more than two generations, then why? So we can upgrade to a 13rd gen i9 and that's it? And especially since you can get it with either an i7 or i9, it's not like you buy a budget CPU then upgrade to something stronger. Unless they support the socket for longer (yes, like AM4 is), then this may just add unneeded costs.