ASUS NUC 13 Pro RNUC13L5KV700000I Black i7-1370PE 1.9 GHz

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At £772 ex-VAT for a barebones NUC, this ASUS NUC 13 Pro is only “good value” if you already know exactly what you want to drop into it (RAM/SSD) and you want a compact, quiet, office-friendly box that just behaves. The i7-1370PE class is more than enough for day-to-day business tasks, light-to-medium virtualisation, and office server roles without turning into a space heater. In a UK reseller context, I’d position it for smaller deployments where you need decent performance in a footprint that won’t offend IT procurement or facilities—branch offices, managed service builds, training labs, or as an always-on utility box.

I wouldn’t buy it if your priority is maximum cost-per-core, because the barebones nature means the “real” spend is always the memory/drive (and potentially cooling/noise requirements) you add on top. Also, if you’re expecting it to replace a proper rack server, that’s where people get disappointed—thermals, expandability, and long-term upgrade paths are simply more limited than bigger platforms. If you’re building a handful of reliable, tidy machines with a consistent spec and you can control the rest of the BOM, this is a sensible, professional choice. If not, you’ll likely get more value by going for a fully built system or a more upgrade-friendly mini PC/server platform.