Compatibility Check: Roon ROCK on new ASUS NUC 15 Pro+ (Core Ultra 200 / Arrow Lake)?

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Someone looked into the Plus here but not sure what came from that. Any updates @Doug_Corlett ?

Storage on ROCK

I’m interested in moving my Roon core off my PC and onto a NUC. The ASUS NUC 15 Pro+ looks interesting, so I joined the waiting list. This NUC includes 1 M2 2240 slot and 1 M2 2280 slot. My thinking is to use a small SSD in the 2240 for the ROCK software, then add a much larger SSD in the 2280 slot for my music. Does this sound like a viable approach?

If you are not afraid or a rather simplified Linux, you could always run DietPi on it if ROCK doesn’t work out. Seems to have worked fine here:

Roon Server on Asus 15 Pro +

My Intel 7i7 NUC running ROCK recently died and I am considering replacement options. I have a large library of about 250,000 tracks. The most powerful NUC that’s ROCK approved is the Asus NUC 13. However there are 2 newer generations, 14 & 15. Since neither 14 or 15 are ROCK approved, I would have to run Roon Server if I went with NUC 15. I am wondering, how different my Roon experience would be with server as opposed to ROCK. My computer skills are just enough to be dangerous. LOL. I instal…