SGC vs Roon Nucleus

I’m currently running Roon on my laptop, want it off my laptop, and find myself asking the same question as you. As mentioned, the SGC is cheaper, both are fanless, and it looks like the SGC has better specs. I’m leaning towards the SGC based on price and that from what I’ve heard, they are very responsive for support.

I think both companies offer a good return policy. Best to order both, compare them for a couple of weeks in your system, and return the one you like less.

I believe the SGC has a stronger processor, an I5. Doesn’t the Roon unit have an I3? If you want to seriously upsample as high as 512 then you will need to get an I9 model. I have been running the SGC I5 about a year and I am very satisfied. It is stable and makes a good Roon server