Lifetime Roon is a go - alternative to Roon Nucleus

You are missing a pretty and fanless case.  Some people are averse enough to DIY to pay the freight.  Others think they will get better sound.  Don't go overboard on the size of your M.2 drive thinking that you can store music there.  You cannot.

@emergingsoul

It is nice to see that you are starting to think for yourself...

Look at Intel, Asus and others for a basic NUC style box...  Most major computer manufactures make these NUC style PC system...  It is pretty easy to compare the features and price/performance...  CPU, Memory, Disk and/or SSD and I/O via Ethernet, USB, power supplies and fanless cases verses the Roon Nucleus...

missing a fan less case? What does this mean?

the nuc linked on amazon from roon is fanless? This nuc is noisefree?

i am 13 years old and pride myself on thinking for myself.  My parents spoil me by letting me buy overpriced audio products.  Streaming is a technical jungle filled with peril.  

My NUC doesn't have a fan. As I've mentioned if you want a Nucleus clone, one that runs ROCK you need to make sure it matches the list.

Core Server. The models we support are:

• NUC5i3xxx
• NUC5i5xxx
• NUC6i3SYx
• NUC6i5SYx
• NUC7i3BNx
• NUC7i5BNx
• NUC7i7BNx
• NUC7i3DNx
• NUC7i5DNx
• NUC7i7DNx
• NUC8i3BEx
• NUC8i5BEx
• NUC8i7BEx
• NUC10i3FNx
• NUC10i5FNx
• NUC10i7FNx