MINISFORUM NUCXI7 Intel NUC Gaming Mini PC with 11th generation i7-11800H and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 64GB DDR4 RAM and 2TB NVME SSD[NUCXI7-64-2]

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The NUCXi7 comes in a single CPU/GPU configuration, though you do have some choice in regards to the RAM and storage. The NUCXi7 is a powerful system with plenty of positive qualities, but its design has some disadvantages. However, the integrated WiFi is not as powerful as competing devices, especially gaming laptops with much stronger dedicated antennas.

With the powerful Intel i7-11800H CPU and RTX 3070 mobile GPU, the NUCXi7 makes the case for small form factor gaming PCs using laptop-grade parts. Putting a gaming unit in such a small space can and will likely have thermal issues and overheating and chasing support O/S for such concerns will be a nightmare. Consider that your keyboard and mouse will take up two of those three and you’ll see why I’m disappointed. At 4K on the Highest graphics settings we get average FPS of 39 and 87 on the NUCXi5 and NUCXi7 models respectively.On one hand, there is the Minisforum NUCXi5, which is based on the Intel Core i5-11400H in combination with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, and on the other hand, the MinisForum NUCXi7 with the Intel Core i7-11800H in combination with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.

In addition to writing for several publications, he often updates his YouTube channel with insightful tutorials. A few months after the launch of the Venus UM560 model , the Chinese brand Minisforum is preparing to launch, over the next month, two new miniPCs with the name, respectively, of NUCXI5 and NUCXI7, with Intel Alder Lake H45 processors and option for Windows 11 Pro (in the case of choice with the storage already mounted). The 76 MB/s we measured in our test using our reference card (Angelbird AV Pro V60) with UHS-II connection also confirms the USB 3 speed.

You can output to two monitors with just the HDMI and Thunderbolt 4 ports — though, you could probably attach more monitors via an appropriate Thunderbolt dock.