ASUS NUC 14 Pro+: Is This Mini PC Worth the Price?

[@camlcase]

This channel has become one of my most important ones. Thanx for the work you put into this. Buy yourself a coffee ☕️

[@DBTechYT]

😲Thank you!!

[@goodcitizen4587]

That's so cool! What a proxmox beast this type of machine can be. Thanks for the vid!

[@XXX-XX-X-X]

That's why I'm checking it out too. Amazing that it can absolutely dummy my last-gen gaming PC in everything but graphics performance.

[@JohnnyS.]

Way to expensive for me tbh. It wouldve been nice to see how certain containers performed in proxmox, like jellyfin and test out HW encoding, and other popular services. Also power draw too would of been nice to see.

[@turtlemaster9000]

It's insane how much Asus charges for when the new m4 mac mini is only 500 dollars. I've searched far and wide for a non trash tier pc for the same price and unfortunately there just isn't one.

[@DavidNiedbala]

How does this compare to the base model of the Mac mini M4? Performance wise?

[@DBTechYT]

honestly no idea. I don't own any mac devices

[@pabloagogo1]

In terms of powering this Asus Nuc, can one use a Powerbank that would connect via the Thunderbolt port to power this. Hope you can let me know.

[@henrykrzciuk212]

Is the unit silent when idle and under light load? I am looking at the I7 not the I9 you tested.

[@sophieedel6324]

I just noticed so many people are talking about these mini-PC. Are they actually taking over from desktop PC? If I can play some indie and very light 3D games, I wonder if I will ever buy a desktop again, these mini-PC seem much cheaper, easier to buy, and consume little to no power. I bought a NUC for my mom, and I can surprinsgly game very well on it.

[@DBTechYT]

I've reviewed a couple of very capable mini PCs over the past couple of years and it's crazy how far they've come in just a short amount of time. This NUC 14 Pro+ is still my daily driver and I use it for video editing and light gaming and it's been great.

[@scottyleics]

Is the frame rate super low on this video?

[@DBTechYT]

Looks like I accidentally exported this as 24fps. I usually do 30. Not sure how I screwed that up lol

[@clarissa8804]

Is it good for 3D Artist?

[@PolarRed]

I think you missed the "once" just before "reputable company"!

[@andrewhamilton2201]

I use an Asus, but I haven't kept up with their reputation. What did they do?

[@ASUSPRNorthAmerica]

Thanks for your feedback , ASUS is a worldwide technology leader offering innovative, performant and high quality solutions and we have been consistently recognized in this respect cross multiple categories. We acknowledge we have challenges and can make improvements; this part a reality of service and support for complex tech centric products. We are committed to collecting, monitoring and supporting and use industry standards such as NPS review for this purposes which agates the collect from sources including beta users, customers, distribution, system integrators and more. We compile and assess and implement actionable insights to enhance our products and service based on this information. We also note at the same that we're working on these enhancements we have still been acknowledged with positive recognition. Two examples of this (recent) is Newsweeks selection of ASUS as a Most Trustworthy Company as well as a high ranking in our readers choice awards for a decade with PC Magazine. We would also note compared to many PC solutions we have enhanced our warranty to an industry leading position of three years for our mini PC solutions. We welcome any feedback you may have and can share it using the contact us options on our ASUS website. Thank you again for sharing your feedback and commentary. We welcome you to share any further thoughts directly with our team via the contact us option on our ASUS website.

[@PolarRed]

@@andrewhamilton2201 Dodgy MoBos and BIOS, quality issues on some devices, messed up massively on Warranties and RMAs, amongst other things. From denying cover, to over charging customers extras for unnecessary "repairs". They built up quite a list! TBF, they have since said they are making changes. But only time will tell if that's the case, either way their rep has taken quite a hit. Pity really, I have 3 PCs built on Asus boards, but not sure if I'd get another one currently.

[@AA-bh3bz]

Use em all the time. If you are a dhildo that watches hardware unboxed maybe you would think somethings wrong but they cry about everything. Asus is fine

[@Yourfriendinlearning]

Would you install coretemp please (small freeware) and share the highest temp under stress?

[@basdfgwe]

So not good for proxmox ?

[@DBTechYT]

Why wouldn't it be?

[@danielkemmet2594]

I think I'm going to go with a ASUS NUC 14 Pro Tall Barebone with Intel 14thGen Core Ultra 7 155H (NPU Support) specced out with 96GB of ram and a 1TB drive (totally would be about 1073 on amazon) with ProxMox and Digital Ocean Templates for resource sizing. I think I'll be able to get a decent mount of VMs- What kind of density do you think this thing can achieve and do you see it being a decent candidate to server as mini-content render?

[@vauzz66]

Is this suitable to run autocad and Revit ? I am looking to upgrade my old tower into something like this

[@DBTechYT]

You'll have to check the requirements of those apps and see if this device meets those requirements

[@normanmaucha]

@@vauzz66 come on bro it's a MINI PC

[@ShawnLangford]

The power supply is almost as big as the device :P

[@HikaruGCT]

this is not a pc btw, its listed as a AI dev Kit by intel. its made to use with ipex and do large language models. i have one and i use it to load up 13billion parameters ai models. ans stable diffusion.

[@DBTechYT]

I'm not concerned with what Intel calls it. It's not Intel's product. It's an Asus product. Multiple times on their website's product page, they reference it being a mini-PC.

[@aleksdeveloper698]

What about AMD HX370?

[@DBTechYT]

This specific device doesn't offer that.

[@Trashest]

Hey i just discovered this channel and you helped me a lot setting up openmediavault and docker but when I'm trying to setup jellyfin I just cant get it to work. Think you have the time to make a video about how to set up jellyfin using docker or any other easier method?

[@louisbullock8615]

Dang this is expensive! nice review though 👌

[@zoltrix7779]

Will something like this run 2x 4k monitors at 120Hz and be smooth and snappy for productivity and web browsing. I can stand slowness.

[@DBTechYT]

I have no way of testing this. I would suggest you look at the device specs to see what it's capable of.

[@peakz8548]

These days the name ASUS stands for "All Stuff Under Sky-high prices"

[@DBTechYT]

You coulda gone with "All Stuff Uber Spendy" and would have had a better acronym ;)

[@mosesmakhoana8784]

Plus a good nas drive .... It don't really need too much space but more ram..... Maybe .... Either way it would be a good to go pc .....

[@bgproductionsmedia4168]

Out of my price range for what comes with

[@DBTechYT]

Totally get that!

[@jasonmako343]

Intel has released its Ultra series 2 chips, and Asus has a terribly named Asus NUC 14 Pro AI which has that Lunar Canyon chip in it. I don't know why they didn't just call it Asus NUC 15 Pro. :( Bottom line, I'd rather wait for that one instead of the one in this review.

[@artc1688]

Lunar Lake CPU /NUC is a very different CPU from the Meteor Lake CPU in the NUC 14 Pro+ I believe you will not be able to upgrade the memory like the NUC 14 pro.. alot of tradeoffs....

[@KiritoHochberger-i5q]

OCULINK does not occupy an NVMe slot, WiFi 6 2.5G LAN 8K Triple Display,Ultra Silent AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (8C/16T, up to 5.1GHz), 32GB LPDDR5(6400MHZ) 1T SSD, Mini Computer, NVME*3 1.Independent Oculink/HDMI2.1 Interface, Supports Triple Screen Display 2.Ryzen7 7840HS / 32G+512G 3.Only 0.6L in Volume/"Forest 2.0" Silent Cooling System 4.USA local service centers& amazon FBA warehouse

[@terryduerks4008]

Compare it the the TRIGKEY Mini PC S7 Pro AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

[@DBTechYT]

Sure. Send me one.

[@terryduerks4008]

​@DBTechYT I don't have one I bought a Intel nuc 13 i7-1360P 64gb ram 2 tb ssd.

[@serhioromano]

I'll not buy this one because there is no 3.5mm jack on a front panel.

[@blacktornado5212]

Is This Mini PC Worth The Price?*

[@aijokker]

Why everyone tests games on these mini pcs they are not ment for gaming and gamers will never buy one to play games. Use real life examples like browsing. How many tabs can be opened, while using big spreadsheet, videochats, cad software maybe ton use this mini workshop. Games are not benchmarks, benchmarks also useless😂.

[@DBTechYT]

Because people want to know these things and it's just become the standard. If it can handle some of the games I threw at it, browsing the internet isn't going to be an issue. And it had better not be for the pricetag. And, if it is, you can upgrade the RAM to 96GB. Also, I said in the video that it's not a gaming machine, but that I wanted to see what it can do. What's the point in having something if you're not going to push it to or past its limits to see what it can actually handle?

[@pander9436]

Video games are often used as benchmarks because they effectively stress a system's full capabilities. If a mini PC can handle demanding games well, it's likely to perform even better with everyday tasks and productivity applications.

[@Rabid-Pinocchio]

I'm one of those cats that is on the verge of buying one of these mini's. I am not a gamer. The most system-demanding game that I've played recently is Tears of the Kingdom. Every single person reviewing these systems uses game performance as the main indicator of performance. Ultimately these data are not specifically relevant to me however I can extrapolate performance potential based on the high demands of games and the systems` ability to perform under those stresses. For me the most important criteria are Vram, IO, and upgradability. This review addresses all of those things. Most of the specific things that you've mentioned like browsing and spreadsheet creation, vidchats, these things all will perform about the same on a 10Year old pc that has 32G RAM with a moderate video card. Even 3D rendering in CAD is mainly influenced by RAM and much less so processor. so the more recent entries are focused more on the abilty to handle games.

[@minat0791]

@@aijokker Are you kidding? This is a mini pc so, ofcourse gaming test is definitely necessary. If you want to browse internet and other small daily work then buy a phone. This thing doesn't even come with a keyboard and mouse, you can get that on a phone.

[@aijokker]

@@minat0791 try to use spreadsheets on your phone 🤣 try playing games without keyboard and mouse. Please think a little before you write

[@markloughtonUK]

Far too much money and i bet its pretty power hungry too (on idle). I don't play games and I'm looking for a mini pc for homelabbing. Is the N100 really ok or is there something a bit better now ?

[@Nino-bu9mj]

Intel is a clown nowadays😂😂😂