I as comparing the NUC systems. Kinda weird to compare CPU prices when you can't buy the CPU as an individual, and those that can buy them typically get better

I as comparing the NUC systems. Kinda weird to compare CPU prices when you can't buy the CPU as an individual, and those that can buy them typically get better pricing. What an end user can buy is a NUC, the iris 580 is something like $650 list, $575 street. The Iris 540 version is $400 list, and around $340 (but often with a "free" 8GB ram. Iris seems generally a failure on the desktop, but seems fairly popular in mini pc's and laptops. Apparently the NUC was one of the few success stories in pc desktops for the last year or two.