Hi,

It's really down the user choice, the Roon "server" needs a computing device running either Windows or OSx (Linux may be possible later).

If it's "headless" (not normally running the Roon UI) then an i3 process is more than fine.

If it's driving the UI then an i7 + NVIDIA type graphics card is recommended (think of the Roon UI display as being a like a games engine in terms of performance).

Plus of course the users audio files also need somewhere to reside.

The computing device does not need to be dedicated but many I suspect will opt for this.

There's a discussion over on the Roon site about hardware that's worth a read.

Regards,
Carl






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