Are Intel NUC units any good for gaming?

[supergamer]

The graphics are the limiting issue. Unless you can possible run an external graphics card, you are going to be limited to lower end games. I updated a laptop had a 8300h and 8gb of ram with a 1050ti and 256gb ssd to 32gb of ram and added another 1gb western digital ssd. That was a total cost of under $1100 in US dollars. I had to give that computer to my youngest daughter for her advanced video class in college and it works great for her. I then was required to buy another one for my wife's photography to edit pics for her side business and just added the extra ram stick to make that system a 16gb system. Your going to have to decide as there is no way around the heat buildup and a tower is the best. The decision is going to be on your type of gaming and how intensive you want it to be compared to the amount of money your going to spend. A laptop is going to be better having better graphics if you compare it to having to run an external graphics card and the additional price of that.


This is the laptop and additions I did. I hope this helps you in your decision.


https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-nitro-...Id=6212602


https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a...6820232156


https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a...6820250088