Review of the New Shuttle XPC Chassis

Posted by chrisd on Friday November 22, 2002 @06:58PM from the nicer-than-you-think dept.

DigiKid writes "Mini PCs are all the rage these days it seems, especially for the LAN Gamers in our midst. Shuttle Computer has been releasing new additions to their line of XPCs, that have the latest features, like USB 2.0, Firewire, and even support for Intel's Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading. This review takes you on a tour of the newest XPC from Shuttle, based on the i845GE chipset. The benchmarks don't lie and this tiny little cube PC holds its own versus a full sized rig." Last week I put together a 51g from them and was very impressed at how well it works and how quiet it is.

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Might be worth waiting for the SN41 by mccalli · 2002-11-22 21:23 · Score: 5, Insightful

The SB51G is a really nice machine, and has the advantage of supporting the hyperthreading chips. However, for those of you not planning to add an AGP card and just stick with the built-in stuff, it might be worth hanging on for the Athlon-based SN41.
It's not the fact it's based on the Athlon that's the lure, though I imagine that's the case for some. It's more the fact it's based on the nForce2 chipset. Built-in dual monitor and Dolby 5.1 support, plus ATA-150 (I think - might be ATA-133).
Cheers,
Ian