{"id":90486,"date":"2016-04-26T12:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T10:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=90486"},"modified":"2016-04-26T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T14:58:17","slug":"intels-new-skull-canyon-nuc-could-replace-your-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/90486-intels-new-skull-canyon-nuc-could-replace-your-consoles","title":{"rendered":"Intel&#8217;s new Skull Canyon NUC could replace your consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t already, you may want to hold off on buying a console, as Intel will release the first <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/03\/17\/intel-skull-canyon-nuc-core-i7\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skull Canyon<\/a><\/strong> NUC (Next Unit of Computing) some time in May.<\/p>\n<p>The desktop&#8217;s minute case (21 cm) means it is the perfect replacement for your consoles, as it will easy handle 1080p video and produce console-quality graphics.<\/p>\n<p>The Intel SkullCanyon will be priced at around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/03\/17\/intel-skull-canyon-nuc-core-i7\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>$650<\/strong><\/a> internationally, with no current South African pricing available.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the NUC&#8217;s full specifications below:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Specifications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Core\u00a0i7-6770HQ CPU<\/li>\n<li>Intel Iris Pro graphics 580<\/li>\n<li>Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) with USB 3.1 and DP1.2 over USB-C<\/li>\n<li>Support for DDR4 memory, up to 32GB at 2,133 MHz<\/li>\n<li>Support for dual M.2 slots for SATA3\/PCIe x4 Gen 3 NVMe\/AHCI SSDs<\/li>\n<li>HDMI 2.0 port and Mini DisplayPort version 1.2 supporting 8-channel audio (7.1 surround sound)<\/li>\n<li>Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 Wi-Fi (802.11 ac) and Bluetooth 4.2<\/li>\n<li>SD card slot (up to 512GB)<\/li>\n<li>Four USB 3.0 ports<\/li>\n<li>Headphone\/Microphone jack<\/li>\n<li>Intel Gigabit LAN<\/li>\n<li>Infrared sensor<\/li>\n<li>Dimension: 216 x 116 x 23 mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Cell C LTE-Advanced launched\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/90471-cell-c-lte-advanced-launched.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cell C LTE-Advanced launched<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How to stream and record Xbox One games to your PC without a capture card\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/89871-how-to-stream-and-record-xbox-one-games-to-your-pc-without-a-capture-card.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to stream and record Xbox One games to your PC without a capture card<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Games you can play this week \u2013 snipers and swords\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/90401-games-you-can-play-this-week-snipers-and-swords.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Games you can play this week \u2013 snipers and swords<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t already, you may want to hold off on buying a console, as Intel is about to release the first Skull Canyon NUC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":90490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1727,10496,18276],"class_list":["post-90486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-intel","tag-nuc","tag-skull-canyon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90621,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90486\/revisions\/90621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}