ASRock Industrial's NUC 1100 BOX Series Brings Tiger Lake to UCFF Systems
by Ganesh T S on October 13, 2020 2:30 AM EST- Posted in
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- Intel
- UCFF
- Mini-PC
- Tiger Lake
- ASRock Industrial
Intel's introduction of the Tiger Lake U-series processors with support for a range of TDPs up to 28W has resulted in vendors launching a number of interesting systems with a twist to the original NUC's 100mm x 100mm ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF). Notable among these have been the GIGABYTE's BRIX PRO (3.5" SBC form-factor), and ASRock Industrial's STX-1500 mini-STX board, with the latter adopting the embedded versions of the Tiger Lake-U processors. ASRock Industrial also happens to be one of the first to adopt the Tiger Lake-U series for traditional UCFF systems with the launch of their NUC 1100 BOX series.
Intel's Tiger Lake-based NUCs (Panther Canyon and Phantom Canyon) are an open secret in tech circles, but are yet to be officially announced. ASRock Industrial's Tiger Lake NUCs such as the NUC BOX-1165G7 have also been hinted at in Intel's marketplace - a retail follow-up to the embedded market-focused iBOX 1100 and NUC 1100 solutions. Today's announcement makes the Tiger Lake NUCs from ASRock Industrial official. The company is launching three models in this series - NUC BOX-1165G7, NUC BOX-1135G7, and NUC BOX-1115G4. The specifications are summarized in the table below.
| ASRock Industrial NUC 1100 BOX (Tiger Lake-U) Lineup | ||||
| Model | NUC BOX-1115G4 | NUC BOX-1135G7 | NUC BOX-1165G7 | |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C/4T 1.7 - 4.1 GHz (3.0 GHz) 12 - 28 W (28W) |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 4C/8T 0.9 - 4.2 GHz (2.4 GHz) 12 - 28 W (28W) |
Intel Core i7-1165G7 4C/8T 1.2 - 4.7 GHz (2.8 GHz) 12 - 28 W (28W) |
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| GPU | Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors (48EU) @ 1.25 GHz | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (80EU) @ 1.3 GHz | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (96EU) @ 1.3 GHz | |
| DRAM | Two DDR4 SO-DIMM slots Up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 in dual-channel mode |
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| Motherboard | 4.02" x 4.09" UCFF | |||
| Storage | SSD | 1x M.2-2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4 (CPU-direct) or SATA III) | ||
| DFF | 1 × SATA III Port (for 2.5" drive) | |||
| Wireless | Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2x2 802.11ax Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.1 module |
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| Ethernet | 1 × GbE port (Intel I219-V) 1 × 2.5 GbE port (Intel I225-LM) |
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| USB | Front | 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C |
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| Rear | 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A | |||
| Display Outputs | 1 × HDMI 2.0a 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 2 × DisplayPort 1.4 (using Front Panel Type-C ports) |
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| Audio | 1 × 3.5mm audio jack (Realtek ALC233) | |||
| PSU | External (90W) | |||
| Dimensions | Length: 117.5 mm Width: 110 mm Height: 47.85 mm |
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| MSRP | ? | ? | ? | |
The striking aspect of the NUC 1100 BOX-series chassis is the similarity to the 4X4 BOX-4000U series.
According to the products' datasheet, ASRock Industrial plans to get the two Type-C ports in the front panel certified for USB4. Since the certification plan is still pending, they are being advertised as USB 3.2 Gen 2 for now. They also believe that Thunderbolt 3 devices can be used in the front Type-C ports (since Intel claims four USB4 / Thunderbolt 4 ports on Tiger Lake) - that would be interesting to test out, given the logo on the chassis only indicates SuperSpeed 10Gbps with DP-Alt Mode support.
The key updates compared to the existing NUCs from various vendors (based on Comet Lake-U) are the support for four simultaneous 4Kp60 displays along with the 2.5 GbE wired LAN interface. The performance advantages provided by the 10nm Tiger Lake with its new microarchitecture may probably help the NUC BOX-1100 series get the edge over the 4X4 BOX-4000U series (based on the Renoir APUs) in single-threaded workloads. On the multi-threaded side and GPU-intensive workloads, it is shaping up to be an interesting tussle - one we hope to analyze in more detail in our hands-on review.
Since the unit targets the embedded market also, it has the usual bells and whistles including an integrated watchdog timer and an on-board TPM. Pricing is slated to be announced towards the end of October 2020.
Source: ASRock Industrial
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Alistair - Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - link
can't wait for this 4 core to cost more than the old 6 core model... /sAlistair - Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - link
Let's call this CPU by its proper name, the i3 (not i7), i3-11100U. Whenever I get mad at AMD (like the 5000 series pricing) I just remember Intel is trying to sell me an i3 at i7 pricing. AMD is no longer pretending that 4 core CPUs are Ryzen 9s....BedfordTim - Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - link
Mobile has always been a mess. The lowest i3 is still 2C4T but anything above that is just nonsensical.Spunjji - Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - link
Yup. The i5 with "G7" graphics with fewer EUs than the "G7" graphics on the i7 is particularly amusing, as is the fact that Tiger Lake has both a 2C and 4C i3 in the range (though at least this device has the decency not to tempt buyers with that confusing non-distinction).flgt - Thursday, October 15, 2020 - link
So on this or the Intel NUC will you be able to run off monitor USB-C power and forgo the AC-DC brick, similar to a laptop?bottle23 - Thursday, October 15, 2020 - link
Intel NUC will still use power jack and AC-DC power brick.bottle23 - Thursday, October 15, 2020 - link
Dual Intel-based LAN! Almost perfect for my needs!Will wait for Intel NUC instead. => Intel is gonna release their upcoming NUC 11 Pro ("Tiger Canyon") series with dual LAN SKU...But their one has both LAN using Intel I225-LM (both ports do 2.5GbE)! It'll be their "Tall SKU" with the daughterboard that has 2nd LAN plus 2 additional USB ports.
Their line-up has 5 processor options.
Intel Core i3-1115G4 (2 cores, 4 threads, 6MB L3 Cache)
Intel Core i5-1135G7 (4 cores, 8 threads, 8MB L3 Cache)
Intel Core i5-1145G7 (4 cores, 8 threads, 8MB L3 Cache, Intel vPro)
Intel Core i7-1165G7 (4 cores, 8 threads, 12MB L3 Cache)
Intel Core i7-1185G7 (4 cores, 8 threads, 12MB L3 Cache, Intel vPro)
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