Originally unveiled at CES 2024, the Lenovo ThinkCenter Neo Ultra is the company's first ultra-small form factor desktop aimed at SMBs looking to harness the power of AI without a fortune.
When first announced, we knew the device was packing an Intel Core i9 processor, but not which one, and that it would include an Nvidia RTX 4060 GPU and up to 64GB of DDR5 RAM.
Lenovo has now made the ThinkCenter Neo Ultra available for purchase and has filled the gap in terms of specifications. Buyers can choose from a range of 14th Gen Intel processors from the i5-14500 to the i9-14900T. Sadly, there is no AMD variant on offer.
Available now… in Australia
As you'd expect, the ThinkCenter Neo Ultra, which measures 195 x 191 x 108mm (3.6L), has a wide range of ports. On the front, it includes two USB-A ports (USB 10Gbps / USB 3.2 Gen 2), one of which supports 5V@2.1A charging, a headphone/mic combo jack (3.5mm), and a USB-C port (USB) 20Gbps / USB 3.2 Gen 2×2) for data transfer only. The rear panel is equipped with two USB-A ports (USB 10Gbps / USB 3.2 Gen 2), two USB-A ports (USB 5Gbps / USB 3.2 Gen 1), one HDMI 2.1 TMDS port, one Ethernet (GbE RJ-45) . port, one HDMI 2.1a FRL port, and four DisplayPort 1.4a ports.
There are optional punch-out rear ports that can be configured with one of the following: VGA (dust off your old CRT monitor!), DisplayPort, HDMI, or USB-C with DisplayPort function on the first punch-out. for, and VGA, DisplayPort, HDMI, or 2.5GbE RJ-45 for second.
It can be had with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 and comes with four M.2 slots – one for WLAN, one for an AI card, and two for SSDs. The system also includes four thermal fans to keep things cool, one more than the original specs.
So far, the ThinkCenter Neo Ultra is only available in Australia, where the standard configuration, with an i5-14500 CPU, RTX 4060 GPU, and 16GB of DDR5 RAM, will set you back AUD 3,299 ($2,223), roughly the same as the M2 Max. Same price as Apple Mac Studio. It will no doubt be made available in other regions in the coming months. Interestingly, this model is called “Gen 1”, which suggests that Lenovo is planning to introduce an updated version in the future.
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