Fast boot time, speedy internals. Runs proxmox with little to no hassle Handles most linux distros with ease. Small form factor and surprisingly modular, I was pleasantly supersized with the amount of onboard M.2 slots.
- Small size - Get to choose memory and storage size - Great performance - Silent
- set up was easy. and intuitative allows you to create local users. - came with windows 11 professional not home much better than home.
Easy to setup. NUC support is superb. Automatic updates. Makes my old desktop look like a dinosaur.
It just works. I have built three of these. The two Windows computers run an i3-12100 and the third one running VMWare 7 runs an i5-12400 and 128GB of RAM. I've never had any problems with VMWare or Windows on any of these computers. It is really nice to put 128GB of RAM into such a small computer. The VMWare computer has a dual NIC card installed that is on VMWare's QVL list and also just works.
Good service, quiet, powerful
For the price, this is a steal. It's fast, has good graphics for basic gaming.
The ASUS NUC 13 Pro was purchased as an HTPC for our outdoor theater that projects to a twelve foot diagonal screen. The compact size of this computer made this product an ideal choice. It is configured with a 1TB Western Digital SN770 M.2 2280 and 16GB (2x8gb) of GSkill Ripjaw DDR4 3200 ram. Installation of the M.2 and ram took less than five minutes. Windows 11 installed without any problems. I am especially impressed with the range of the included A211 Intel WI-FI and bluetooth capabilities of this unit. You will need to download and install the drivers that are readily available from the ASUS web site. After these drivers are installed, you will have complete connectivity to your home network. The graphics of this unit are off the charts outstanding with the included Intel Xe Video capabilities that produce razor sharp images; even when projected to a twelve foot screen. The ASUS Pro 13 far exceeded my expectations. For the sound system, I used a 10-year old Sound Blaster USB sound card that configured flawlessly. Also, with unit being configured with two Thunderbolt ports, I am able to connect any USB-C accessories as well as any future Thunderbolt upgrades.
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After two years of continuous use in my homelab, the MINISFORUM NAB6 has completely exceeded my expectations. This little things was my first dedicated proxmox host. I've been consistently running seven virtual machines a mix of game servers and Docker hosts without a hiccup. The performance is there, I'm running a few dozen containers & everything runs without delay. Build quality is solid as well. Also, the amount of raw compute available in this compact package is more cost and power effective than a handful of Pi 5's. I upgraded the system to 64gb of ram and NAB6 still has plenty of headroom to run more applications.
- Small, compact and powerful.