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GREAT THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES

WHEN YOU THINK of a PC setup, you may typically envisage a desktop ATX machine paired with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Yet not all PCs have the same uses, and this Intel NUC is a great example of this. Due to its smaller footprint, it offers greater versatility, meaning you could set it up in places where you wouldn’t usually put a desktop.

For example, you could use this NUC 13 Extreme as a games console alternative, which we will touch on later, in a living room

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