Athlon 64 SFF With PCI Express Reviewed

EconolineCrush writes "The Tech Report has an in-depth review of Shuttle's new XPC SN25P. At several times the size of a Mac Mini, the SN25P is an entirely different breed of small form factor system; one that supports one 5.25" drive, three 3.5" drives, PCI Express x16 graphics cards and x1 peripherals, up to 2GB of DDR400 memory, and Socket 939 Athlon 64 processors. The system also bristles with USB, Firewire, and audio ports, including digital S/PDIF inputs and outputs, and even has an integrated memory card reader. Looks like a pretty good balance between footprint, portability, and expansion capacity."

Comments

Obsession over boxes

[[cx]]

How can people care so much if their box is all snazzy and fancy, it's the hardware dammit, it's what's on the inside that counts...or atleast that's what I tell myself everytime i look in the mirror...

excuse me, i think i have something in my eye..

Re:Obsession over boxes

[leathered]

The obsession with snazzy boxes is even more puzzling considering most users would spend 99% of their time looking at the screen.

Mind you a replacement for hideous 36" tall server case that I've constantly upgraded for the last six years would be most welcome :)

The Basic Joke

[vjmurphy]

Insert lame joke about said hardware not being able to handle a slashdotting, despite the fact that said hardware is not running the web site.

Upgrading?

[glitch0]

I bet it's a bitch to try and upgrade. Your best bet is to hire a midget with small hands to help out...

Bristles?

[snuf23]

Just what we need. PCs labeled as being "bristley".

"I would have loved to buy that powerful Athlon 64, but the system bristled with ports, unlike the smooth surface of my legacy free Mac mini."

Re:No dimensions?

[bad_fx]

BTW, in inches that comes to around 12.5 x 8.5 x 8.6

I dunno how big the standard breadbox is so I'm afraid I can't give it to you in "breadboxes". ;)

Re:"tool free drive rails"

[Dan East]

It is not like a Phillips Screwdriver is some exotic tool that is hard to come by.

Plus, if you use a magnetic screwdriver, you can degauss your HDD at the same time!

Dan East

Yes, But...

[John Hasler]

...how many serial ports does it have?

Re:"New" form factor?

[focitrixilous P]

And, what the hell is with the Mac Mini comparison?

It's the best comparision since Libraries of Congress for data storage and transfer.

Example 1: My new server is as tall as 8 mac minis, 4 minis wide, 3 minis thick, and 80 mac minis loud.

Example 2: My new USB mouse has 3 mac mini mouse's worth of buttons.

Welcome to the brave new world of indirect measurement.

In other news

[vagabond_gr]

Oxford announced the addition of the word "macmini" to their dictionary which appears to be a unit to measure size and coolness at the same time. Typical examples of its usage are:

- Cool, my new Mac Mini is exactly one macmini
- Duh, my iPod is less than half a macmini
- Who the hell would buy a 10 macminis Shuttle XPC SN25P
- Add a full macmini to your p****, 100% safe!

Re:Example 2:

[toddestan]

But, the Mac mini doesn't come with a mouse![!!] So, your USB mouse has infinitely more buttons than the Mac mini's mouse. :)

But there is a single button (power button) on the back of the Mac Mini! So this is a valid measurement. Just like my car payment is 1/2 a Mac Mini.

Re:Is SFF worth it?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's quiet, it's small, it lets me hack. What else would I want?

Let me turn the question around. Isn't it smarter to not play LAN games? It's a waste of time, it dulls your mind, it costs money, it makes you want to buy expensive graphics cards you'd never normally buy, and apparently it overheats your computer.

LAN gamers, what draws you to those things?