What's the best "NUC-like" product on the market now? I know ASUS has their lineup of "NUC" that was spun off from Intel. I have used MSI's "Cubi" which was a pretty nice kit. And I know everyone drools over Minisforum stuff (which is expensive but very nicely designed). Any other notable ones?
Depends on what you want. Currently my focus is N100 based systems to use as lightweight personal computers and small servers (if you can find fanless versions).
I have BeeLink S12 Pro, which I post this comment from, and I like it. However I/O wise, it's not the fastest (x1 NVMe + 2.5" SATA SSD). I also have a GMKTec G3, which has a x2 NVMe and M.2 SATA Slot. I have recently seen a "Minix Z100" fanless, which has x4 NVMe but no SATA, however it has 2.5gbE. Lastly, my parents are using a similar N95 system on Windows 11, and it works pretty nicely for them. All of these systems support 32GB of single channel RAM, but they're plenty fast for simple jobs or simple desktop systems which you won't try to conquer the world.
If you have no power/heat/noise/money upper limit, you can get them in more packed configurations, but that's not what I need, actually.
