3 Things to Know About the Intel NUC 9’s RAM Design

The two SO-DIMM slots are located on the Compute Element board, not the main chassis. This keeps the RAM physically close to the CPU for better performance.

This design is unusual for a modular mini-PC, but it makes upgrading straightforward. You access the RAM by removing the Compute Element.

The trade-off is that you cannot upgrade RAM without also handling the Compute Element module. Plan your memory capacity carefully upfront.