ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHV70000UI Black 2024

The ASUS NUC 14 Pro is a tiny Windows workhorse with elite port selection and a generous 2TB SSD plus 32GB of RAM. It's great for office work and coding, but the integrated graphics mean gaming and 4K video editing are off the table. Buy it if you need a compact productivity machine, just make sure you're getting the fully loaded version and not a barebone kit.

The Core Ultra 7 165H is a 16-core chip that sits right around the middle of our database for CPU performance. That's not a knock, it's just honest. For spreadsheets, browser tabs, and light photo work, it'll feel snappy. The 32GB of DDR5 helps a lot here, landing in the top fifth of all products we track. Storage is even better at the 92nd percentile, and 2TB means you won't be juggling external drives. The integrated Intel Arc graphics are fine for driving displays, but don't expect to game or edit 4K video. Our gaming score for this thing is 15.8 out of 100, which is rough. One owner specifically called out that it's not suitable for 4K or 8K video editing without a dedicated GPU.

Against the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, this NUC gets absolutely destroyed on GPU performance and raw compute, but it costs a fraction of the price and runs Windows natively. The Lenovo Legion and HP OMEN are gaming machines, so they'll crush this in any graphics workload, but they're also much larger and louder. The Dell Tower Plus and Acer Nitro offer more traditional desktop expandability, but none of them can hide behind a monitor like this thing can. If you need a tiny Windows box with tons of ports and don't care about gaming, the NUC 14 Pro is the pick. If you need any GPU muscle at all, look at the Legion or OMEN.

Pricing is all over the place. US listings range from $803 to $1,500, which is a $697 spread for what should be the same machine. At the low end, this is a compelling little workhorse. At the high end, you're getting fleeced. The CAD listing at $1,367 is the only Canadian option we see. If you're shopping in the US, hunt for the $803 listing and don't pay a cent more than you have to. The 1-year seller warranty from Velztorm is fine, but it's not the same as ASUS backing the product directly.

The ASUS NUC 14 Pro is a tiny desktop that punches way above its weight class for office work and general productivity. This particular config comes pre-upgraded with 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB NVMe SSD, so it's ready to go out of the box. The port selection is genuinely ridiculous for a box this size, and that's the main reason to buy it.

But here's the thing. This listing is a bit of a mess. The description calls it a barebone kit, yet the specs show a fully loaded system with Windows 11 Home. Customer Q&A is split on whether it even includes a power cable. And the single customer review gives it 2 stars. We'll sort through the confusion below.

Skip this if you need any real GPU performance. Gamers, video editors, and anyone doing 3D work should look at the Lenovo Legion or HP OMEN instead. Also skip it if you're not comfortable sorting through confusing listings. The barebone vs pre-built mess means you might end up with a box that has no power cable and no OS, and the documentation won't save you.

This is a niche product for a specific buyer. You want a tiny, quiet Windows desktop for office work, coding, or running a home server. You don't care about gaming or video editing. You want lots of ports without a dongle farm. If that's you, the NUC 14 Pro is a solid choice, especially at the $803 price point. Just make sure you know exactly what's in the box before you buy, because the barebone vs pre-built confusion is real.