Hardware vs software and features

[Kal Rubinson]

No. What I am asking is if you can upgrade the CPU on the QNAP NAS that you have now.

 

[davarazzo]

I have not researched it, but I doubt it is possible. I have been building my home PC/workstations since the mid '90's and every time I've upgraded a processor, the form factor was different and required a new MOBO. I'm not a compute expert by any means, but with some research on my part , I am feeling comfortable that I do have the technical background to build the roon nucleus into a NAS. It should turn into a fun project that will benefit many of my hobbies. And I'll learn some stuff!

 

[nimar]

Yeah, Roon recommends at least Intel® Core™ i3 processor or equivalent. And to install the application on an internal SSD drive.

My current NAS has the Celeron® J3455 quad-core and would require an expansion card for the SSD. The NAS is still technically relevant so it should sell easily enough and offset a big part of the upgrade cost. With a few expansion tweaks, it could take care of all my audio, video, photography, cloud, server, and geek needs. Looks like a pretty doable project.

Last piece of the puzzle is what flavor of Pi do I want ...........
Just need a good digital Roon endpoint. I don't think I would use an audio output.


@nimar What flavor of Pi do you use?

Both Pi3b/Pi4s, mixed wired/wiif. No discernible difference between the two Pi's or networking options, though obviously dependent on your wifi network.