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In a nutshell: Asus debuted the ROG NUC 2025 portable gaming PC and three other NUC products at CES 2025 last month. The company has now added to the lineup with the launch of the NUC 15 Pro mini PC featuring Arrow Lake-H and Raptor Lake-U/H processors.
The top consumer model is powered by the Core Ultra 7 255H CPU, while the flagship enterprise model ships with the Core Ultra 7 265H. The processors used in the more affordable versions include the Core Ultra 5 235H, Core Ultra 225H, Core 7 240H, Core 5 210H, and Core 3 100U.
The new models do not include discrete graphics, but the Core Ultra variants feature an Intel Arc 140T iGPU, which should offer enough power for casual gaming. However, the Core 3, Core 5, and Core 7 variants only ship with integrated Intel Graphics. The Core Ultra models also receives up to 96 GB of DDR5-6400 memory, while the rest come with DDR5-5600 memory.
For storage, the NUC 15 Pro PCs include an M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 slot with support for up to 2TB NVMe SSDs and an M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4x4 slot, supporting up to an additional 2TB SSD for a total of up to 4TB. The slots are also compatible with PCIe Gen 5 drives for easy upgrades.
The mini PCs offer fast wireless connectivity, featuring support for Wi-Fi 7 BE201 and Bluetooth 5.4 in the Core Ultra models. The Core 3, 5, and 7 variants support only up to Wi-Fi 7 BE202. According to Intel, the BE201 Wi-Fi chip supports the 320MHz channel width to deliver up to 5.8 Gbps, whereas the older BE202 chip only supports 160MHz and up to 2.4 Gbps.
Wired connectivity options include dual HDMI 2.1, dual Thunderbolt 4, triple USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 2, one USB Type-A 2.0, one USB-C 3.2 Gen2x2, and a 2.5G Ethernet port. There's also a Kensington lock on the side for increased security.
Asus did not announce anything about the availability and pricing of the NUC 15 Pro, and it has not yet published an official product page on the company's global website. We expect Asus to update its website and reveal the prices once the product is ready for launch.
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