Summary And Conclusions: A Good Concept Overall
Front ports are tucked away behind a swing-down plastic door
The new Shuttle Mini-PC makes an excellent impression overall. Even with the AM2 version of the high-end Athlon 64 X2 5000+ in place, the Shuttle XPC SN27P2 stays comfortably quiet under heavy load. Thanks to good ventilation and ample cooling, the interior of this Mini-PC stays relatively cool, without danger of overheating. Our only regret is that the hard disk cages included no acoustic decoupling, though purchase of some silicone or rubber grommets to put between the cage and the case could correct that easily. This is a minor issue that Shuttle could address with little effort or expense.
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| Vendor/Model | Shuttle XPC SN27P2 |
|---|---|
| Internet Website | shuttle.com |
| Dimensions | 12.8" x 8.7" x 8.3" (325 x 220 x 210 mm) |
| Price | $370 |
| Ports and Connectors | |
| Case Front | |
| Audio | 1 x Microphone, 1 x Headphone |
| USB | 2 x USB 2.0 Type A |
| Firewire IEEE 1394a | 1 x 4 pin |
| Buttons | Power On, Eject |
| Card Reader | Optional |
| Display | None |
| Case Rear | |
| PS/2 | None |
| Monitor output | None |
| USB | 4 x USB 2.0 Type A |
| Firewire IEEE 1394 | 1 x 6 pin |
| Serial / Parallel Ports | None / None |
| SATA / eSATA | 1 x / None |
| Clear CMOS | Yes |
| Sound analog | 5 x |
| Sound digital | Yes: SPDIF / optical |
| LAN | 10/100/1000 |
| W-LAN | optional |
| Fans | |
| CPU | 1 x |
| Power Supply | 1 x |
| System/Case | 2 x |
| Chipset | active |
| Motherboard | |
| Motherboard | FN27V10 |
| Supported CPUs | AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 or Sempron |
| Socket | 940 |
| Hyper-Transport | 1000 MHz |
| Northbridge | NVIDIA nForce 4 - 570 Ultra MCP (MCP55-Ultra) |
| Southbridge | Nein |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | DDRII |
| Memory speeds | 667 / 800 |
| Memory mode | Dual Channel |
| Memory slots | 4 x |
| Max memory capacity | 8 GByte |
| Internal I/O Components | |
| Media & communications processor | nForce 570 MCP / IT8712F |
| Storage Ports IDE | 1 x UltraATA/133 |
| Storage Ports Serial ATA | 3 x S-ATA 300 + 1 x external |
| RAID Support | Yes |
| Network Controller | Marvell 88E1116 PHY |
| On-Board Audio | |
| Type | Realtek ALC882 |
| Surround Support | 7.1 Sound |
| Expansion slots | |
| PCI 32-Bit | 1 x |
| PCI Express 16x | 1 x |
| PCI Express 1x | None |
| Mini-PCI | None |
| Free USB Interfaces | None |
| Drive Bays | |
| 3.5" devices | 3 x |
| 5.25" devices (optical drive) | 1 x |
| Accessories | |
| Manual | English |
| Cables | IDE + SATA Cables |
| Software | Driver CD |
| CPU Cooler | Shuttle I.C.E. heatpipe cooling system |
| Power Supply | |
| Vendor / Model | Sient X |
| Maximum power output | 400 Watts |
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