Home / Computers / The Intel NUC 11 Beast Canyon has a tight 2.5-inch bay — 7 mm drives onlyComputers Technology ramseeker mini pcThe Intel NUC 11 Beast Canyon has a tight 2.5-inch bay — 7 mm drives onlyThe 2.5-inch bay inside the Beast Canyon only accepts drives up to 7 mm in height. Any thicker — 9.5 mm or 15 mm — and it won’t clear the chassis. Shop computer upgrades on Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Intel NUC 14 Lunar Canyon skips 2.5-inch drives entirelyThe Intel NUC 7 Baby Canyon takes either SATA or NVMe in its single M.2 slotThe Intel NUC 14 Lunar Canyon locks down both CPU and GPUThe Intel NUC 7 runs M.2 and 2.5-inch drives side by sideIntel NUC 11 Beast Canyon — PCIe Gen 4 x16 slot fits full-size GPUsExploreThe ASUS PRIME B660M-A keeps it simple with LGA 1700The ASUS PRIME B760M-A supports three Intel generations — Pentium and Celeron includedThe ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F also skips the 3400G and 3200GThe ASUS ROG STRIX B650-A jumps to AM5 and Zen 4The ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E spans four generations of AM4 RyzenPrevious The Intel NUC 12 Dragon Canyon lets you swap the CPU and Wi-Fi moduleNext The iBook G3 Clamshell has a slot for AirPort upgrades