discussion Lenovo Max Studio PC

[Marzipan]

ThinkCentre neo Ultra: Lenovo previews new 3.6L mini-PC with Intel Core i9 processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU and upgradeable NPU

The ThinkCentre neo Ultra is the most expensive model in Lenovo's new ThinkCentre trio. Available later this year for a $1,499 starting price, the ThinkCentre neo Ultra will combine a high-end processor with an NVIDIA RTX 40 series GPU and a dedicated NPU within a 3.6-litre case.

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it's actually going to be called ThinkCentre Neo Ultra and it's going to be a workstation class PC with options for up to an i9 for CPU and an RTX 4060 for GPU.

this is almsot my dream device with my dream device being something like this with Ryzen ZEN4.

 

[Lysrin]

This is not a criticism at all... by why is that your dream device?

I don't quite understand the mini system attraction. I went smaller with my current build but I wouldn't want it any smaller. Too hard to work on when changing parts etc. I get it for a HTPC, small makes sense to me there, and I get it I guess for the challenge of seeing if you can build in a very small case? But for my daily driver PC...? I don't get it.

In this device, it is likely propriety so it'd be buy it, use it, replace it. You aren't likely replacing parts in it perhaps? So maybe my questions don't apply here.

Do enlighten me!

 

[crazyea]

I really want a Mac mini. Just for shits & giggles. Seems like a cool little device.

 

[Lysrin]

I really want a Mac mini. Just for shits & giggles. Seems like a cool little device.

Don't get me wrong. For a non-gaming, buy and use device, I get the small form factor attraction. And perhaps that is what @Marzipan is after.

There are lots of folks who do some impressive computing on the Mac mini! I've been tempted myself just as a way to have a Mac in my home ecosystem to keep my familiarity up. My monitor even has KVM built in!

 

[moocow]

I would love a smaller machine but the tax on the size format and the lack of upgrade path is just a no good for me. Since MXM also died (it was too expensive to start with), it's just not great for gaming unless you are one of those users that toss out an entire machine every 3 years.

 

[SugarJ]

I like SFF and UCFF (NUC) form factors for everything except my gaming PC. And I'd be fine if GPU's were credit card sized and plugged into them. I don't care to build custom loops any more, so smaller is better. If I didn't use a micro-SD card all the time for my 3D printer my workshop NUC would be mounted on the back of the monitor. But I'm one of the small percentage of the general public that has multiple PCs in the home. (I'm sure it's a majority on this forum )

 

[Marzipan]

the article specifically says that this neo Ultra will be upgradeable...though I'm going to bet that means only the RAM and the storage, which is also fully upgradeable in Lenovo's current Tiny PC's. anyhow, when space is limited and not even a thin laptop would work, these are perfect and my workspace area is about to get a lot smaller than what I have now.