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NUC 12 Pro Wall Street Canyon Review

  Hi folks... It's been over a year since my last post - but I recently upgraded my Intel NUC from an 8th Gen to 12th gen and figured it was time for a review of the latest generation.    I'm a big fan of the NUC platform. The fact that you can have a 4" x 4" system on your desk with the latest Core CPUs and easily add what ever RAM and Storage you want to it for under $1,000 is great.    I'm not a gamer - so the NUC12 Pro - Wall Street Canyon - NUC12WSHi5 was my choice.  Its effectively a like for like upgrade to my NUC8 Bean Canyon system. Let's start the review with obtaining a NUC 12.   I always buy the NUC Kits and then purchase my own RAM, NVMe and in this case an additional 2.5" SATA SSD.  I love that flexibility of the NUC line.   Although the NUC12 Pro was announced in August - right now NUC12 Pros are few and far between and many are over charging for the unit.   I was able to find one for $526 US.  One pointer I can give is that make sure that