Which Roon Ready NUC should I Buy and Where From

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Then what do people use a NUC for ?

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A Nucleus is out of my budget

A not too out of date observation -

Best used NUC for ROCK 2022/2023?

The 8th gen has faster single core performance than the 10th gen when comparing iX vs iX CPU model. The 10 uses considerably less power. What’s better depends on your needs (I have a 10i5 and with 3000 albums, a single zone, and volume leveling as the only DSP, I have 100 times more speed than I need, according to the multiplicator that’s shown in the signal path)

Get at least an i5 (most people don’t need an i7), no more than a 256GB M.2 (128GB is enough but they are becoming rarer than hen’s teeth), and (since RAM is cheap) 16 GB of RAM. A NUC in a tall case will let you add an additional SSD for your music files.

Installing ROCK is easy-peasy.

Really any NUC will do for most people, so maybe the cheapest options are the best. Check out the FOR SALE section of the forum for used NUCs.