No More Penny-Pinching: Seven Mini-PCs On The Catwalk

Shuttle XPC ST61G4, Continued

Heat pipe system

Brackets for drives - in the sandwich arrangement

All in all, an interesting offering at a price that's hard to swallow: Shuttle asks $511 (414 Euro) for the bare-bones system. However, for that you get a number of features and high-quality workmanship with the usual looks of the XPC series. In our opinion, the system does not automatically win the beauty contest. As everyone knows, there's no accounting for taste - but there are the facts.

Could be improved: A thicket of cables in the XPC bare-bones