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I think its a bigger issue that the next gen NUCs will be good enough to cannibalize the rest of the desktop market. Look at the recent amd offerings and the ma
by javier2 3y ago
I think its a bigger issue that the next gen NUCs will be good enough to cannibalize the rest of the desktop market. Look at the recent amd offerings and the mac mini with M1. They can replace my destop fully. The only reason I have a desktop now is for gaming.
- anonylizard 3y agoThat's not happening. The new high end application for PCs is running AIs locally. No way you can fit a 4090 in a NUC, the GPU itself is larger than a NUC, heat dissipation requirements cannot be 'optimized' away.
- sowbug 3y agoMaybe not physically, but logically you can, via an external GPU.
- etempleton 3y agoThere are some pretty interesting custom builders on YouTube such as Optimum Tech that do some fascinating custom loop compact builds and then under volt the GPU. Here is a recent one with a 4090: https://youtu.be/X0ukdo7Xx7U https://youtu.be/X0ukdo7Xx7U
- PeterStuer 3y agoUnless you are also gaming, the AI machine does not need to be your desktop. But can sit comfortably in your basement, chugging along 24/7 with no compromise adequat cooling.
- javier2 3y agoI already run «AI» (machine learning) apps on my old NUC… inferencing does not take that much power.
- brewdad 3y agoFor home users, gaming is the only reason to own a traditional desktop. Non-gamers are better served by laptops or NUC style machines. The business market is still figuring out the balance between lightweight machines using the cloud and beefy desktops running locally.
- PeterStuer 3y agoExcept for gaming, the average Office and Media Consumption user has had no real need for a new machine in over 10 years.