Besides Thunderbolt, this machine has relatively little special, and its cost is prohibitively high.
At this price, it should have been made better.
There is also an optional extra daughter board that can be inserted to add extra USB and LAN ports.
Our guess is $1,100.
Considering the build quality, thats nearly double what some brands are asking for a comparable machine.
Along with that accessory, the box also included a VESA mounting plate and an FSP-branded 120W PSU.
Once inside, reveals that Asus hadnt thought about users going inside at all.
Overall, this isnt the best-designed NUC weve encountered, and we would have expected better from this brand.
Performance cores are the only ones hyperthreaded, allowing for 22 threads to be processed at once.
Overall, this platform is built for the power user and will eat most office-related tasks for breakfast.
There are two significant takeaways from these results.
Given the high price that Asus is asking for this hardware, these results are decent but hardly amazing.
The standard is now 32GB and 1TB; by the end of this year, it might be more.
The bigger problem with this product is value or, rather, the lack of it.
Should I buy a Asus NUC 14 Pro?
Those who use this technology will want this NUC.
You want extra performanceThis mini-system is remarkably powerful and can handle applications that use multi-threading to improve processing times.
It also has AI capabilities if you are using local applications that can harness that power.
Those who want a powerful NUC can find it elsewhere for dramatically less.
One option is a 2TB SATA SSD, but its performance wont match the NVMe modules.
The downsides to this option are that it is more expensive and it doesnt have USB 4.0 or Thunderbolt.
But its another powerful small system to consider.
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