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ETA PRIME Reviews ASUS ROG NUC 970

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ETA PRIME has reviewed the Asus ROG NUC 970 SFF PC. This prebuilt features an Intel Ultra9 185H and NVIDIA RTX 4070 laptop GPU. The Ultra 9 185 H features 6 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, and 2 ultra low power cores for a total of 16 cores and 22 threads, and posted a score of 11,280 points in 3DMark Time Spy. For reference, a stock Intel I5-12600K score about 13,428 in Time Spy.  The RTX 4070 laptop GPU (8GB) is set to draw up to 140 watts of power, and performs a bit below a desktop RTX 3070, but a bit above the RTX 3060Ti in 3D Mark Time Spy.

For reference, I built a mid-range system in a Louqe RAW S1 about 2 years ago that included a 12600K, RTX 3070, and 32GB of DDR5-5600. Performance of that system would be a bit better for gaming than the ROG NUC 970, but not as good for creative work. The Intel Ultra 9 185H includes a more advanced version of Quick Sync with Arc based graphics cores that support AV1 Encoding, and the RTX 4070 media engine is more advanced as well. Encoding in AV1 would take a fraction of the time on the NUC 970 compared to my RAW S1 build. Additionally, the Ultra 9 185H has a very slightly higher CineBench R23 score providing it doesn’t throttle as ETA PRIME observed a CPU temp as high as 102C.

Of course, the ROG NUC 970 is a fraction of the size of the RAW S1, but comes in at…good lord… a jaw dropping $2,199.00 US with 32GB of RAM and 1TB  storage. I’m not sure what ASUS is doing with that price.

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ETA PRIME has reviewed the Asus ROG NUC 970 SFF PC. This prebuilt features an Intel Ultra9 185H and NVIDIA RTX 4070 laptop GPU. The Ultra 9 185 H features 6 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, and 2 ultra low power cores for a total of 16 cores and 22 threads, and posted a score of 11,280 points in 3DMark Time Spy. For reference, a stock Intel I5-12600K score about 13,428 in Time Spy.  The RTX 4070 laptop GPU (8GB) is set to draw up to 140 watts of power, and performs a bit below a desktop RTX 3070, but a bit above the RTX 3060Ti in 3D Mark Time Spy.
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Hey Everyone...

That price for the ASUS ROG NUC 970 was so nauseating that I wanted to post up a similar but improved build to my Louqe RAW S1 I mentioned in the article. Prices are in US, and the parts are from New Egg and Amazon except for the case which is directly from Louqe.

Rather than try to match the RTX 4070 Laptop performance for the parts list, I decided to go with the RTX 4070 Super which performs SUBSTANTIALLY faster than the 4070 Laptop. Performance is akin to an RTX 3090 while only pulling about 230 watts.

CASE: Louqe RAW S1 - $163

CPU: Intel i5 - 12600K - $168

MOTHERBOARD: Asus ROG Strix Z690-i - $189

RAM: 32GB GSKILL DDR5-7200 - $129

SSD: 2TB WD BLACK SN850 - $158

GPU: ZOTAC Gaming RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge - $589

CASE FAN: Noctua NF-P12 Redux - $12

CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-L12S - $65

PSU: FSP Dagger Pro 850 SFX - $179

TOTAL: $1,652 give or take a few dollars.
 
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You can get full blown laptops with that hardware for at least 500 dollars less… And those come with a screen, battery, keyboard, …
 
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The price is so absurd it almost seems like it must be a joke. I will be really surprised if they make a second generation.