Intel NUC6i7KYK review: This Skull Canyon NUC smashes all mini-PC preconceptions Intel’s Skylake Core i7 NUC is talented across the board. AT A GLANCE Intel Skull Canyon NUC6i7KYK Next Unit of Computing PCWORLD RATING This completely revamped NUC raises the bar for what a mini-PC can do, handling both content-creation tasks and 1080p gaming with ease. Outside of that, the NUC6i7KYK forges a different path for itself. For starters, it looks nothing like the rest of Intel’s signature line of tiny computers. This NUC is flat and long, comes shaded in black and gray, and has a huge skull emblazoned on the lid. (Undoubtedly as a nod to the machine’s codename, Skull Canyon.) ALAINA YEE The Skull Canyon NUC (front) with the Intel NUC5i7RYH (top rear), Gigabyte Brix GB-BXA8-5557 (middle rear), and Zotac Zbox CI321 Nano (bottom rear). Its hardware also veers from the expected course. Stuffed inside is a ...