Intel’s introduction of the Tiger Lake U-series processors with help for a variety of TDPs as much as 28W has resulted in distributors launching various fascinating programs with a twist to the unique NUC’s 100mm x 100mm ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF). Notable amongst these have been the GIGABYTE’s BRIX PRO (3.5″ SBC form-factor), and ASRock Industrial’s STX-1500 mini-STX board, with the latter adopting the embedded variations of the Tiger Lake-U processors. ASRock Industrial additionally occurs to be one of many first to undertake the Tiger Lake-U collection for conventional UCFF programs with the launch of their NUC 1100 BOX collection.
Intel’s Tiger Lake-based NUCs (Panther Canyon and Phantom Canyon) are an open secret in tech circles, however are but to be formally introduced. ASRock Industrial’s Tiger Lake NUCs such because the NUC BOX-1165G7 have additionally been hinted at in Intel’s market – a retail follow-up to the embedded market-focused iBOX 1100 and NUC 1100 options. Today’s announcement makes the Tiger Lake NUCs from ASRock Industrial official. The firm is launching three fashions on this collection – NUC BOX-1165G7, NUC BOX-1135G7, and NUC BOX-1115G4. The specs are summarized within the desk under.
| ASRock Industrial NUC 1100 BOX (Tiger Lake-U) Lineup | ||||
| Model | NUC BOX-1115G4 | NUC BOX-1135G7 | NUC BOX-1165G7 | |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C/4T 1.7 – 4.1 GHz (3.Zero GHz) 12 – 28 W (28W) |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 4C/8T 0.9 – 4.2 GHz (2.Four GHz) 12 – 28 W (28W) |
Intel Core i7-1165G7 4C/8T 1.2 – 4.7 GHz (2.eight GHz) 12 – 28 W (28W) |
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| GPU | Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors (48EU) @ 1.25 GHz | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (80EU) @ 1.Three GHz | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (96EU) @ 1.Three GHz | |
| DRAM | Two DDR4 SO-DIMM slots Up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 in dual-channel mode |
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| Motherboard | 4.02″ x 4.09″ UCFF | |||
| Storage | SSD | 1x M.2-2280 (PCIe 4.Zero x4 (CPU-direct) or SATA III) | ||
| DFF | 1 × SATA III Port (for two.5″ drive) | |||
| Wireless | Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2×2 802.11ax Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.1 module |
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| Ethernet | 1 × GbE port (Intel I219-V) 1 × 2.5 GbE port (Intel I225-LM) |
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| USB | Front | 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C |
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| Rear | 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A | |||
| Display Outputs | 1 × HDMI 2.0a 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 2 × DisplayPort 1.4 (utilizing Front Panel Type-C ports) |
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| Audio | 1 × 3.5mm audio jack (Realtek ALC233) | |||
| PSU | External (90W) | |||
| Dimensions | Length: 117.5 mm Width: 110 mm Height: 47.85 mm |
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| MSRP | ? | ? | ? | |
The placing side of the NUC 1100 BOX-series chassis is the similarity to the 4X4 BOX-4000U collection.
According to the merchandise’ datasheet, ASRock Industrial plans to get the 2 Type-C ports within the entrance panel licensed for USB4. Since the certification plan continues to be pending, they’re being marketed as USB 3.2 Gen 2 for now. They additionally imagine that Thunderbolt Three units can be utilized within the entrance Type-C ports (since Intel claims 4 USB4 / Thunderbolt Four ports on Tiger Lake) – that may be fascinating to check out, given the emblem on the chassis solely signifies SuperSpeed 10Gbps with DP-Alt Mode help.
The key updates in comparison with the prevailing NUCs from varied distributors (based mostly on Comet Lake-U) are the help for 4 simultaneous 4Kp60 shows together with the two.5 GbE wired LAN interface. The efficiency benefits offered by the 10nm Tiger Lake with its new microarchitecture could most likely assist the NUC BOX-1100 collection get the sting over the 4X4 BOX-4000U collection (based mostly on the Renoir APUs) in single-threaded workloads. On the multi-threaded facet and GPU-intensive workloads, it’s shaping as much as be an fascinating tussle – one we hope to investigate in additional element in our hands-on…
