The Intel NUC family of tiny mini PCs was ahead of its time in many ways—and Asus apparently agreed, given that the company took the brand off Intel’s hands in 2023 . The new ROG NUC series under Asus’ gaming brand is kind of a replacement for Intel’s gaming-focused NUC Extreme , albeit without the discrete graphics option. And funny enough, the newest Asus NUC has a surprise inside: an AMD processor.

We heard from Asus back at CES 2025 that the company was looking to expand its NUC (“Next Unit of Computing,” if you’re wondering) offerings with AMD options. The ROG NUC 2025 (also known as the ROG Magic 9 Mini) has already been available for a while, but a new variant is coming with a familiar processor: the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D. This is technically a laptop chip, like all NUC machines

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