@Johnny_Ooooops
Probably, I think, the Beelink EQI12 will work perfectly as a MOCK-PC, but only when trying it out you will be sure.
The advantage is that it has two M.2-slots: one for the Roon Core, and one for the local music library.
Depending on what you will do with it (DSP, Volume levelling, …) and the size of your local music library, it is also possible to go for the Beelink EQI12 with an i5-processor or even a i7-processor. Depends of course also on the difference in price (the i7 is $110,- more expensive).
Keep us informed if you will go for this EQI12-option.
Kind regards, Frank.
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I have done a change on my N150-mini computer “GMKtec G3 Plus”.
It has two M.2 slots: one is 2280 PCIe, the second is 2240 SATA.
It is not so easy to find a big 2240 M.2 SATA to use as internal storage of your local music.
Therefor I reconfigured the “GMKtec G3 Plus” so that RoonOS is on a small (250GB) SATA 2240 M.2 drive. Than I had the possibility to install a big 4TB M.2 PCIe 2280 as internal storage. Those 2280 SSDs are much easier to find in whatever capacity one wants.
And the Roon server remains very snappy, fast and reliable. No difference encountered compared to the RoonOS on the PCIe-slot and the music on the SATA-slot.
Now I am totally pleased with this “budget”-roon server. The “GMKtec G3 Plus” barebone is for the moment only $119.99 at gmktec.com !
Enjoy the music, Frank.
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Remind us how big your library is, Frank?
These computers are too cheap! Thanks for the update Frank, and for the tinkering! My G2 Plus is continuing to run happily with an external $20 ssd enclosure and a 4tb drive. Enjoy the music!
Very cool. I did not know you could configure the G3 Plus to boot from the SATA drive. That does make it an interesting solution! Thanks for letting us know.
Hi Johnny,
My local database: 1600 albums and 21000 tracks.
Not the biggest collection on this forum, but also not a very small one, according to me. YMMV.
Enjoy the music, Frank.
In FLAC, this will easily fit on a 1 TB drive.
Not if a lot of the albums are High-Res. My local storage uses more than 1TB. And indeed, all in FLAC.
Enjoy the music, Frank.
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