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The bad:
- The fan of the NUC roars like hell, especially when upsampling to DSD512. I thought I could make it work in "fanless" mode, but apparently that turns out to be mission impossible;
- How do I deal with my NAS now? Its main usage in the past was to run Roon...

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Even though my unit is fanless I have it located in a closet far from my two channel room. Even if it had a fan I wouldn't hear it.
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Thanks for all the info!
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The fan-noise problem is why I elected to buy a fanless case to install my i5 NUC into. The Akasa cases are designed such that the entire case functions as a big heatsink for the processor, so the system runs dead silent. Only problem is that the cases designed for the 7th gen Intel NUCs are not rated for the i7 processors -- turns out they run too hot under load for the case to sufficiently draw away the heat. That's why I ended up getting an i5 instead -- I cared more about the ambient noise than the performance of the processor! But then again, I haven't yet gotten into the Roon DSP options, so for the moment, the less-powerful processor meets my needs.

Two years ago when I heard of the news about coming fanless NUC, I was very excited. Too bad that turns out to be a BIOS setting which does not really work in real world, especially for i7.

It seems a powerful out of box fanless PC is still a dream.
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Even though my unit is fanless I have it located in a closet far from my two channel room. Even if it had a fan I wouldn't hear it.


That’s exactly what I am planning: to move the NUC to my closet.
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Two years ago when I heard of the news about coming fanless NUC, I was very excited. Too bad that turns out to be a BIOS setting which does not really work in real world, especially for i7.

It seems a powerful out of box fanless PC is still a dream.
If you're willing to drop the $2k for the Roon Nucleus+, the dream can be alive and well -- they built a custom fanless case that purportedly works just fine for the i7 NUC. Not a solution for the DIY crowd, but it's a decent option nonetheless.
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If you're willing to drop the $2k for the Roon Nucleus+, the dream can be alive and well -- they built a custom fanless case that purportedly works just fine for the i7 NUC. Not a solution for the DIY crowd, but it's a decent option nonetheless.
True, that type of custom solution must exist, but $2k is too much for a mini PC. I only need it as a server to run Roon Core, instead of a gaming PC sitting on my desk. I can use that amount of money to buy a 4x5 closet in my area
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My $650 diy i7 nuc is quiet, I never heard the fan. I don't understand all of the complaints. But I'm using it with roon rock (core) , and no commercial OS.
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That’s exactly what I am planning: to move the NUC to my closet.
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My $650 diy i7 nuc is quiet, I never heard the fan. I don't understand all of the complaints. But I'm using it with roon rock (core) , and no commercial OS.
If you were going to use the DSP functions and play everything as DSD 512 and using the equalizer functions you might start hearing the fan, but that is just a guess.

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Playing the wait and see game before investing any money into Roon devices. Tidal is supposedly in deep doo-doo financially. If Tidal goes down, Roon may or may not survive making all the Roon accessories pointless. It works just fine from my PC for the time being.
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