This was a tough one to write this morning :-(
When the SimplyNUC Moonstone R9 CBM3r9MS becomes available, supposedly at the end of this month, a review of this computer would be very interesting for comparing it with the previously reviewed products: Intel NUC13 Pro, which uses exactly the same case and peripheral interfaces, and Minisforum UM790 and Beelink GTR7 Pro, which use the same CPU, Ryzen 9 7940HS.
I expect that the SimplyNUC Moonstone R9 is slightly slower than UM790 and GTR7, because it is likely that its CPU is configured for a TDP of 35 W, exactly like the i7-1360P Raptor Lake used in the same case in the Intel NUC13 Pro.
Nevertheless, it would be interesting to know precisely how much slower it is, especially in the Linux kernel compilation benchmark, and how efficient and how noisy the cooling system is.
When you have to carry a computer with you, the smaller 0.7 L SimplyNUC (or previously Intel NUC) is more convenient than the more powerful, but bigger, 0.9 to 1 L Beelink, Minisforum or ASUS computers.
SimplyNUC has declared that now, after losing their main provider, they will continue with original computer designs, like demonstrated e.g. with this Moonstone motherboard for the NUC case or with their alternative cases for previous Intel NUC motherboards.
Moreover, SimplyNUC has declared that they are developing a Meteor Lake NUC, to be launched before the end of the year. Since Intel must have canceled whatever Meteor Lake NUC they had in development, the SimplyNUC model may be interesting in the up to 0.7 L niche.
