Here’s my signal chain:

NUC8i7BEH with (16GB RAM, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB M.2 SSD) running ROCK
Synology DS415+ NAS populated with 4x6TB WD Red drives
Sonore ultraRendu (with Small Green Computer 7v LPS)
Matrix X-SPDIF 2 USB=to-I2S converter (with Uptone UltraCap LPS-1.2 LPS)
PS Audio DirectStream DAC
NAIM 152 XS preamp
NAIM NAP 250-2 power amp
Wilson Duette speakers

Here’s my network setup:

Hitron E31N2V1 cable modem (internet)
TP-Link Archer C9 WiFi/Ethernet router
Netgear 8-port Gigabit Ethernet switch GS308v2 (not a smart hub)

Everything in the network is hard-wired via Cat6A ethernet cables.