Fanless mini PC to run ROON

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Hello, I currently run ROON on my windows 10 laptop and was thinking about getting one of these for the living room and wondered whether I could install ROON on it so my laptop wasn’t on so often or for so long?

I see other combinations are available. Might a more powerful one be a better option?

Thanks in advance

Chris

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It should work OK but Windows plus your Roon database might be a lot for a 64gb SSD. And 8 gig might be a better fit. However if you were able to test it with ROCK and it worked, that spec would be fine.

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I guess you mean Roon core. Probably OK if you don’t do heavy DSP or have many endpoints. The clock seems a little slow.

This looks like a better bargain -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MVTXYKP/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07MVTXYKP&pd_rd_w=gXJR5&pf_rd_p=8e5be0e3-b258-4b06-8b6e-695b24f935a4&pd_rd_wg=sQkKH&pf_rd_r=D2G0G5RCYK1C145RK1E9&pd_rd_r=40a0cd72-20cf-11e9-846f-6dde6419884f

I’ve had a BeeLink in the past and was satisfied.

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I would try to stick with a current or at least recently release CPU model…4200 is 4th generation IIRC and we are now into 8th gen CPU’s

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I run my core on one of these at the moment…no problem at all, even using DSP upscaling to 24/384

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Thanks everyone for your replies.

Chris