Andrew Cunningham Intel's quad-core "Skull Canyon" NUC. 10 more images in gallery .related-stories { display: none !important; } Every year when Intel refreshes its NUC mini PCs, it releases more models meant to cover a wider range of needs. There are cheap fanless NUCs, NUCs that can fit in full-size hard drives, and mainstream NUCs that are essentially little Ultrabooks inside boxes.