Hello music lovers, I’m thinking of buying a “Intel NUC Kit NUC11PAHi30Z02 Core i3 Panther Canyon Lite” for Roon Rock. I have max 2000 albums on my Nas. Streaming via Qobuz is what I do most. Question is Will this NUC do the job with 8gb DDR and and a small 500 gig SSD. And more important is this NUC supported. I think it is but want to be sure.
Thank you for your insights
depends on how many Qobuz albums are in your library. If lots, or you want to be future proof, go to 16gb of memory, faster is better, 2 8gb DIMMs beats one 16gb DIMM
depends also on how much DSP in how many zones simultaneously. If heavy, go faster than i3 to i5 or i7. If light/single zone then i3 is fine
I’m no expert, but that is my heuristic. Good luck!
This is elementary. A supported i3 processor is absolutely fine for a small to medium library. There is no need to up the specification to an i5. If you anticipate having 12k+ albums, go for an i7. If you intend to use heavy DSP, go for an i7. Otherwise, the i3 is perfect. Indeed, my NUC8i3BEH is still going strong after 5 years, and is happy running moderate DSP on multiple zones with ~5k albums.
Please note that there is no distinction between local and streaming sources when choosing a processor; it is based on the total number of albums.
Have no practical experience with this Gen11 NUC but the specs look like perfect for roon even if you add a significant number of albums via Qobuz. Let it be 100k or 150k tracks - both the CPU and 8GB of RAM should be absolutely capable of handling that. No need for an i5/i7 or more RAM unless you have a library exceeding the aforementioned numbers.
As this is a dualcore 4thread CPU even outperforming the latest Nucleus+ slightly, I would not worry about heavy streams or DSPing either. It should handle simultaneous multiroom streaming with ease even if you opt for computing-heavy operations such as convolution filters and PCM2DSD256.
But thank you just the same. I’ve seen that list, But as a Mac user I’m not that familiar with what it all means. There is still some text after the i3. I have no clue what it all means
The product naming for NUC11+ is described here. The 0Z02 means integrated graphics, 8 GB Lite version / Reduced configuration*, no operating system, and EU cord included.
*Edit:Lite version / Reduced configuration, but not an issue for ROCK. Has no installed memory.
