The Intel NUC 12 Dragon Canyon is one of the few socketed NUCs

The Intel NUC 12 Dragon Canyon stands out from most NUCs by using a socketed LGA 1700 desktop processor — specifically 12th Gen Core i7-12700 or i9-12900 at 65W. It’s one of the few mini PCs where you can actually replace the CPU later, within Intel’s supported options.