Intel equips high-end NUC with passively cooled Kaby Lake-R quad-core

Intel has put information online about new NUCs, including high-end models with the Core i7-8650U processor. There will be a model that is passively cooled. All versions get two HDMI 2.0a ports.

Intel has published technical details PDFs on its website about the NUC7i7DN models and the NUC7xJY variants. The NUCs in the 7i7DN series are high-end models equipped with an economical quad-core processor. It concerns the Core i7-8650U with a TDP of fifteen watts, which has a clock speed of 1.9GHz with a boost to 4.2GHz.

The documents contain pictures of the connections and inside of the housings. It can be seen that there are two HDMI ports. They are hdmi 2.0a ports, which can drive a 4k screen at 60Hz. There are also four USB 3.0 ports on the box, two on the front and back. A USB-C port with Thunderbolt 3 support is not available on the models shown. It is on the NUCs with dual core processors.

The processor is soldered to the motherboard, memory can be added via the two sodimm slots. On the inside of the top of the housing is a thermal pad, intended to cool a fast NVME SSD or Optane SSD.

There will be four variants of the model with the quadcore: a smart chassis, a tall chassis that also fits a 2.5″ drive and a fanless chassis. Finally, there is a board-only model, without a housing. A reseller van NUC-Systems has posted images and prices of the cabinets online, although the passively cooled model is not visible and the price is unknown. SSD The company says it will be able to deliver them from April.

The NUC7xJY variants are cheaper models with Celeron and Pentium processors. The Intel document shows similar connectivity options, these versions also have two HDMI 2.0a ports. The NUC7CJY model gets the Celeron J4005 processor, a dual-core at 2GHz with boost to 2.7GHz. Inside the NUC7PJY is a Pentium J5005 quadcore, which runs at 1.5GHz with a boost to 2.8GHz. Both CPUs have a TDP of 10 watts.