Hello,
I apologize if this question is redundant, but having been in the market for a streamer for a while now, someone on reddit redirected me to Roon+Raspberry PI.
Now, I started Roon’s free trial to explore. From what I understand, even if I get a PI, with and optical out HAT, and use it as a roon endpoint to stream to my DAC into my system, I would still need a Roon Core running at all times.
As of now, my core is my desktop computer. However, with a 1000 Watt PSU, it seems like a gargantuan waste of energy to have it on all the time. Also, if I did that, I wouldn’t need the PIE, since I could just use my computer to stream.
However, I read that I could buy an intel NUC, and use that as a Roon Core. Would that work with a cheap NUC, running a celeron processor? And then, I could just use the optical out and feed that into my DAC, removing the need for a raspberry PI.
My Goal is to have something on/on standby that I can just stream to when I come home, without needing to fire up my desktop or my TV (via chromecast) and possibly even fall to sleep to music, with the Roon sleep timer feature. (obviously I don’t want light everywhere when I do that.)
Would appreciate any advice, or redirection if that topic has already been covered. Thanks in advance!
Theoretically you can get away with 8GB ram.
If only running ROCK the 512GB (assuming) M.2 SSD is overkill. I found it difficult to get anything smaller than a 250GB drive now so go with that. If you could get a 128GB drive, it would be ideal. The M.2 would only hold ROCK, no O/S such as Windows 10. Keeps everything lean.
This would make your NUC venture more budget-friendly.
Hey Stephen,
Thanks for the insights. To be honest, I’m looking into cheaper options. 8 gb of Ram definitely seems like the way to go.
As for the hard drive, I payed 12$ more for 500gb than for 250gb. To be fair, I could pick a 128gb M2 ssd of Amazon, but I don’t know the brands and their reputation. That being said, it would cost me 30$ instead of 55$
I read the guide, and they recommend the NUC10 with and i3. I can get the NUC8 with and i5 for the sams price. Which way would you go?