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Shuttle SS51 Reviewed

Posted by michael on from the cute-and-quiet dept.

hilldaddy writes "AnandTech has a review up of the new Shuttle SS51 XPC. Looks like they finally added an AGP slot. Read the review." We've done several previous stories on the Shuttle mini-PC systems.

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  1. The Shuttle by JPriest · · Score: 2, Informative

    I bought a shuttle bare bones system a while back for LAN gaming. I really like the system, it's quiet and about as large as my toaster, but I ended up replacing the C3 with something faster.

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  2. Hexus .co.uk review...... by H3XA · · Score: 5, Informative

    in case you manage to /. Anand's servers.

    Hexus - http://www.hexus.co.uk/review.php?review=395

    - HeXa

  3. Bought an SV24 by carambola5 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Looks great with the aluminum casing. Was pretty cheap too at $300 for the case, proc, mb, power supply and RAM. Yes, no hdd, fd, or cdrom. This is going to be a diskless system, and I'd have to say that the SV24 fits the bill quite nicely. I'll put up a page when the project is finished.

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  4. oops... by H3XA · · Score: 4, Informative

    .... fogot the other two reviews...

    http://www.viahardware.com/ss51xpc_1.shtm
    http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/shuttle/ss51/ss51g p1.htm

    - HeXa

  5. Re:one more step ... by H3XA · · Score: 3, Informative

    that would be the SS40G..... no AGP slot though - wait and there should be a AMD equivalent of the SS51 soon.

    http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q3/shuttle- ss40g/index.x?pg=1

    - HeXa

  6. Re:NICE audio feature! by Zathrus · · Score: 3, Informative

    No. There is no certification for Dolby Digital. All you have to do is match the spec, which is pretty broad.

    The only actual certification process out there is THX, and it's not as great as one might think. THX has bastardized itself into so many sub-varients that you can get crappy little computer speakers that are "THX certified" and still sound like junk. The THX certification process for speakers as a whole has been suspect for a long time now. THX certification for pre-amps, amps, and receivers is another matter, and some of the additional processing it requires (such as reduction of high frequencies) is very valuable (although often available even w/o the THX logo now -- getting that logo is expensive).

  7. SV24 Power Supply by Sean+Clifford · · Score: 3, Informative
    I RMAed my power supply directly to shuttle and they sent it back. I duct-taped an ATX power supply to the SV24 until the new one came in, then just swapped them out. Contact them and see if they'll replace just the power supply. If not, ask them if you can just buy a power supply. They've been very accomodating with me so far and components do fail, so they should be more than willing to sell you one - even if they won't replace it.

    (note - I'm not affiliated with Shuttle in any way, shape, or form)

  8. Another review.. by rehabdoll · · Score: 4, Informative

    Firingsquad also has a review up.

    http://firingsquad.gamers.com/

  9. Re:NICE audio feature! by Coplan · · Score: 3, Informative
    It's interesting that you bring up audio quality. My friend has one of the old Shuttle bare bones systems, and the sound quality is comparable to the average gaming platform sound card (SB). It's not bad, and it can play MP3s and the like pretty well. Problem is, it's a no-frills on-the-motherboard sound card. So you can't expect nice features like the SB Audigy.

    You especially can't expect anywhere close to the S/N ratios or the Response curves that you get with professional quality sound cards. FYI, The SB Audigy, even though SB would like you to believe so, IS NOT professional quality.

    Good for a hobiest or a gamer. But if you want to write music...the Shuttle small profile systems are not for you. For that matter, anything on the motherboard is often not good enough.

  10. Nifty design, but not that quiet by koreth · · Score: 4, Informative
    Three cheers to Shuttle for taking noise into account in their design, but I hardly think it's reasonable to describe 51dB as "near-silent" like the review does. With careful selection of components and some custom tweaks (replacing power supply fans, etc.) it's not too outrageously difficult to get a reasonably powered PC in the mid-30dB range. My desktop PC is about 35dB and it's still louder than I'd like.

    If you're willing to go with water cooling or something like the CALM System's evaporative cooling, you can get even quieter than that. Or you can do what I did and run cables under the floor so you can put the thing in a closet and shut the door.

    Yahoo's Silent-PC list and AVS Forum have lots of good info on building PCs a lot quieter than the new Shuttle.

    But not as tiny!