Hello
I have Roon Rock running (happily) on an Intel NUC 8i7INH PA2.
Unfortunately it has a fan. I think I’ve adjusted the bios settings to the lowest available (but not off) but I keep tuning into the fan working when I’m using the system its connected to. I have it direct into a Devialet D400.
Does anyone know of a fanless case I can rehouse the nuc board/storage into?
I’m not entirely certain this model NUC will be supported by Akasa. It doesn’t seem to be a mainstream model so unless it is constructed with the same I/O layout as the more commonplace boards it may not be an option.
I did wonder and it’s definitely best to check. I did Google and with the PAH model suffix got nothing. Searching for “NUC 8i7INH” unearthed the mainstream kit docs which suggest it’s still a UCFF board so is possibly ok.
I didn’t check whether the NUC kit is compatible with your NUC version so better do some research on your own before ordering
Putting it all together took me one evening (including cleaning up the mess afterwards so my girlfriend wouldn’t have killed me the next day). The most annoying part was placing the heat pipes in with all that heat sink compound. Hopefully, I will never have to switch the internal hard drives
Also, the user manual was sometimes a bit confusing because you’re using the case manual and the NUC kit manual side by side, but with some thinking it wasn’t a problem for me.
The case is a solid piece of metal with a very nice aluminum frontplate! It looks fantastic, I love it and it was definitely worth the slight frustration and time putting it all together!