My first DIY totally fanless Roon Music Server

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

Hi I am quite new in music servers and I am not really a geek in computers but I love to experiments and makes things on my own.

It may be easier to start with NUC7i5BNH with Akasa Newton S7 as described here:

NUC 7i7BNH fan speed

The transplant operation went well, I think. The NUC7i5BNH motherboard is now in the Akasa Newton S7 case. It all seemed straightforward. I used the thermal transfer pads supplied in the Akasa kit - in the video that Marius posted, the guy said that he eventually used thermal paste for better heat transfer properties. That may well be more efficient. The CPU in my Akasa is running warm @ 50 degrees C, but it’s well within operational limits I believe, so I will probably keep it this way. I us…

You can use ROCK - no need for Windows.