Actually sounds quite reasonable and pleasant.

Not scared of showing a bunch of pretty gnarly framedrops.

This is what I have and I was in your situation, op.

I have a retroid pocket 3+ which I prefer for PSP emulation but I do have Adrenaline on my Vita.

Aren't they referring to Android?

Yeah it's the weakest part of the setup on a Chromecast TV running the android app. Works really well mostly though the interface could look slicker. There must be hardware deciding unavailable for some stuff because the odd bit of media is ultrasluggish.

Any tangible battery improvement?

I don't think that's the case these days to be honest. Samsung's good with updates.

You want a server. I imagine an unraid server given your description.

Omg I was doing DNS wrong in the compose. Totally works now, thank you!

Edit oh no, I thought I'd cracked it but still unable to connect.

Thank you. I'm going to start with the nuc, get some stuff running then get the storage down the line.

You mean underpowered?