Hello all - is there a resource or table giving the hardware specs (processor, installed RAM, I/O Ports, etc.) of the various Roon Nucleus models?
Not that i know of, but the information is not hidden.
First Gen:
Nucleus - Intel Core i3 based on the NUC7-series (4Gb)
Nucleus+ - Intel Core i7 from the NUC7-series (8Gb)
Nucleus RevB - same as above but based on the NUC8-series.
Nucleus Titan - Based on the NuC13 Pro series, Intel Core i3
Nucleus One - This is Celeron based, but i assume it’s from the NUC13 series as well.
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Thank you Mikael - so the Titan uses a Core i3? Of course, the exact version, number of cores, heat etc all play important roles.
I didn’t dare remove the radiator to check the Celeron version of my Nucleus One 
You can see a 4GB DDR4 RAM array and the Roon OS dedicated 128GB NVMe SSD (pre-installed).
The motherboard is from Gigabyte, probably from a BRIX GB-BMCE-xxxx mini-PC (so not an Assus NUC!!).
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Are you sure it is a Gigabyte BMCE Brix ?
There is only listed 2 Brixx Mini Computers on Gigabyte Websides and both are fanless.
GB-BMCE-4500C (rev. 1.0)
GB-BMCE-5105 (rev. 1.0)
Greetings Dirk
The model is Ultra Compact PC Gigabyte BRIX GB-BMCE-5105 (rev. 1.0) with Intel Celeron N5105 @2.0G ~2.9G Turbo, 4C/4T Core, 4MB L3 Cache,10W.
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Hello everyone and a very good day to you all! I purchased the Nucleus One as part of the Black Friday deals Roon was having. That said, until it arrives, I configured the Roon server on a QNAP TS-453D which based on the above has twice the memory as the Nucleus One and the same processor. I have the core/database on a 2TB Samsung EVO SSD and my music on a 4TB Samsung EVO SSD. So, my question is, what value will be gained by switching to using a Nucleus One? My thoughts are (and please correct me if I am wrong) that my current setup is better than what a Nucleus One would provide. Please note, I don’t use this NAS for anything else. The music plays without issue as well. THANK YOU so kindly in advance and I look forward to any replies on this. Most sincerely!
Nothing really
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Functionally they should be equivalent. I’d still recommend giving the One a try as a more “focused” Roon server. Qnap have pretty busy OS and apps as they try and be everything to everyone.
Either you find it beneficial or you don’t!
Congrats on the Roon sub!
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Hi there Suedkiez,
Thank you so much for your reply. I really appreciate it!
Hiya Mikael_Ollars,
I thank you so much for your reply as well! If I am understanding you correctly, with the QNAP, I could possibly see some issues as various apps related to the product run, etc. Whereas, the Nucleus One is dedicated solely to playing my music. That is a fair point.
One thing my mind keeps reverting to though is that right now, playback from the NAS seems to be fine. No issues at all.
It may also be worth mentioning that I only have 4468 albums with 22114 tracks. Well below what many others within the community have! 
Thank you both and everyone for the help!
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Several reasons but
Pretty (in the eye of the beholder)
Self maintains, all future updates are automatically applied
Can take a small internal drive like your 4Tb SSD
Self contained unit
V good value for money
I could go on . I moved from a desktop win 10 to a NUC/ROCK 4 yrs ago just happy
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Thank you so kindly Mike. I appreciate it!