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Kinda a stupid comment from me but I am wondering why Framework doesn't get into the NUC business. The ASRock NUCs usually retail from $750-$650 and that's arou
by ndneighbor 4y ago
Kinda a stupid comment from me but I am wondering why Framework doesn't get into the NUC business. The ASRock NUCs usually retail from $750-$650 and that's around the cost of an upgrade kit from Framework. Considering that most industrial compute is mostly dealing with long lived deployments of edge hardware, it seems like the sort of stuff that their emphasis on ecosystem can help here.
Anyways, I should stop my homelab hobby even though I find this stuff fun. I might pick this up regardless.
https://frame.work/products/12-gen-intel-upgrade-kit?v=FRUPGRDKIT01 https://frame.work/products/12-gen-intel-upgrade-kit?v=FRUPG...
https://mitxpc.com/collections/ultra-small-form-factor/nuc-12-pro https://mitxpc.com/collections/ultra-small-form-factor/nuc-1...
- wmf 4y agoDo upgradeable NUCs make sense? I would imagine almost all the cost is in the motherboard, unlike a laptop where you can reuse the screen, battery, keyboard, etc.
- Arn_Thor 4y agoI can imagine a sort of "NUC of Thesus" where you can swap the wifi module, ethernet port, mainboard, storage, CPU or RAM as requirements change—all in a pretty simple enclosure that remains standard in size. If you're not particularly picky about the size or form factor, it might even be possible to do so with the existing parts Framework already makes and sells
- toast0 4y agoMy NUC size things tend to have user replacable wifi (mostly m.2), storage (m.2 or 2.5" sata), and ram (sodimm). If you want to swap the cpu or the ethernet, buy a different NUC and move your stuff. Or swallow your pride and use usb ethernet.