BEST MINI DESKTOP
Intel NUC 9 Extreme (“Ghost Canyon”)
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concept is built around a modular motherboard design called the Intel Compute
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Extreme, along with a video card alongside. It makes putting together a
compact gaming or power PC wildly easy. (The Intel case is 5 liters and takes a
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ADATA to follow.—John Burek
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