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Shuttle's SS50 reviewed

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-at-it-under-the-hood dept.

EconolineCrush writes "What's 200x181x280mm, decked out in brushed aluminum, and supports a Pentium 4 processor with DDR SDRAM? Shuttle's SS50 bare bones system The Tech Report has a review up of the latest aluminum cube from Shuttle, and it's an impressive little beast. Small form factor PCs are becoming more popular, and this is the first platform I've seen with Pentium 4 support, DDR, and decent on board video via SiS' 650 chipset."

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  1. Also... by Binary+Tree · · Score: 4, Informative

    More here.

  2. I would rather get one of these.. by minidoug · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.american-media.com/ the gBox P4 comes with an AGP port.. then I can really use it as my lan party box

  3. what? can't hear you over the roar of my ss50 :P by pangloss · · Score: 4, Informative

    One person measured the SS50 at 56dba:
    Viahardware Small Form Factor & Quiet PCs Forum

    And a number of ppl on that forum have complained about the noise--the SV24 was loud, but the SS50 is even louder :P

    Apparently the excessive noise is die in large part to the crappy PSU fan, but

    And incidentally, for the crowd that thinks undervolting the fan or using a low rpm fan is the solution, note that at 26'c ambient, the CPU already measures >50'c (more figures on page three of the above link).

  4. Re:what? can't hear you over the roar of my ss50 : by Peyna · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've got one of these and it isn't very loud at all. My CPU stays a cool 40 C most of the time, so the fan is able to stay at 2400 RPMs, even when the fan has to speed up when the CPU heats up (which is customizable in the BIOS), it isn't too incredibly loud. My laptop overpowers this thing by a quite a bit. Maybe they just put a noisy hard drive in =]

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    What?
  5. Re:No, the Problem with Compaq... by JLester · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have you ever looked at Compaq's business systems (Deskpros)? Really awesome design with completely tool-less chassis, mini-tower/desktop swappable case (slide out the drives, slide them back in sideways, flip the case over 90 degrees .. all with no tools). They also use standard components and memory. If we have a hardware problem, the replacement is there by 10:00 am the next day. We support several hundred of these at work.

    There's a reason companies don't build their own PCs or buy from Joe-Bob's Computer Warehouse.

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    "FORMAT C:" - Kills bugs dead!
  6. Via Eden for fanless system by uzhappali · · Score: 3, Informative
    Came across this CPU/mobo combo from Via
    Via EdenManufacturer's page

    Good features:
    Fanless operation
    Eq to Pentium 533 (&lt 10db?)
    integrated decent graphics with iDCT compensation for DVD
    ATA-33/66/100 support
    10/100 Mbps Ethernet
    MC 97 Fax/Modem
    TV-Out (S-video)
    1394
    USB 2.0
    AC 97 codec
    Compact package

    Quiet HDTV home entertainment with following add-ons:
    Ultra-quiet DVD drive
    160G HD
    HDTV Card
    Decent 5.1 sound card
    Roll your own software
    Estimated cost $900

    Connected to a 5.1 receiver w/speakers, this gives you a good sytem which plays all music formats, DVD player, acts as a DVR (for both NTSC and HDTV formats, &gt 40 hrs.), file server, reasonable gaming.

    Gerry
    my $0.02

    Manufacturer's page
    Review1
    Review2
    Review3