P.s. According to the web the 930 isn't as fast as Intel's 540 so there's practically zero reason to add the 930m instead of simply using a CPU with the 540. ?
Intel Skull Canyon NUC barebones @ 650 and complete system @ 999. Not sure how would this compete even with the GT 930M. I believe the Iris Pro 580 on the Intel NUC to be faster than GT 930M, not to mention the CPU is significantly more powerful. Asus needs to reconsider its pricing.
The reason why HD520 can't compete with a GT930M is likely due to the limited 15W TDP that is shared between the CPU and GPU. If given more power to play with, I believe its not that far away from the GT930M. Against the HD580, I don't think its got a chance at all.
"video editing platform" After the initial cost and purchasing some external hard drives for all the files, it would be cheaper and more efficient to just purchase a tower with better specs and storage. Just because you can drive with your feet doesn't mean that it's a good idea.
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damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
"with two SO-DIMM slots for up to 16 GB of DDR4-2133 memory"Bit odd not to support 2x16Gb for 32Gb.
damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
P.s. According to the web the 930 isn't as fast as Intel's 540 so there's practically zero reason to add the 930m instead of simply using a CPU with the 540.?
06GTOSC - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
Except the article states that the top model with an i5-6200U comes with the Intel 520 GPU. Not the 540.damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
So the top model no longer requires the NVidia cardTheinsanegamerN - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
So why didnt they just use the i5s that have the hd 540 GPU then? Why throw some terrible nvidia chip in instead?jospoortvliet - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link
Cuda was mentioned. I think it is mostly the brand name...TheinsanegamerN - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link
Whats sad is that, with the combine TDP of the i5 and the 930m, they probably could have put in the iris pro HD 580 instead.TheinsanegamerN - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link
ESPECIALLY if the keep that 4 digit price, iris pro would have been a better option.8steve8 - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link
lots of people just dismiss IGP regardless of application or performance realityShadowmaster625 - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
Why buy a desktop 950 when for the same price you can have a puny 930 mobile gpu but you can fit an extra pair of sunglasses on your dessk.nathanddrews - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
You should work in marketing, because you just sold me on this.WinterCharm - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
Probably not as useful as a desktop, but as an HTPC it could be quite handy.watzupken - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
Intel Skull Canyon NUC barebones @ 650 and complete system @ 999. Not sure how would this compete even with the GT 930M. I believe the Iris Pro 580 on the Intel NUC to be faster than GT 930M, not to mention the CPU is significantly more powerful. Asus needs to reconsider its pricing.damianrobertjones - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
The 520 is possibly faster than the 930mhojnikb - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
It's not. Having both HD520 (I3 6100U) and 930M, HD520 is much slower (around x2 slower) even with dual channel ram.And 930M can overclock pretty well (got mine +135Mhz and i bet it would go even higher if limits were set higher).
watzupken - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link
The reason why HD520 can't compete with a GT930M is likely due to the limited 15W TDP that is shared between the CPU and GPU. If given more power to play with, I believe its not that far away from the GT930M. Against the HD580, I don't think its got a chance at all.nerd1 - Thursday, March 17, 2016 - link
They should at least 950m to be relevant... 930m is just a jokeBrokenCrayons - Friday, March 18, 2016 - link
Agreed completely. Discrete GPUs paired up with 64-bit DDR3 that have <sarcasm> a whopping 14-ish GB/s throughput </sarcasm> should not exist at all.Fujikoma - Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - link
"video editing platform"After the initial cost and purchasing some external hard drives for all the files, it would be cheaper and more efficient to just purchase a tower with better specs and storage. Just because you can drive with your feet doesn't mean that it's a good idea.