shuttle sff

iroc409 · 03-12-2003, 01:59 AM

these things are tiny! anybody know about them? they look like they'd make a kick-ass tiny *nix workstation, which i could use.

jtroutma · 03-12-2003, 12:10 PM

Are you refering to the XPCs that Shuttle makes and now Iwill, Jetway, and Soltek are making?

If so then yea, they are pretty sweet. I built up one with a Celeron 1.2Ghz and it worked great. I am also planning on getting the nForce2 model and turning it into a watercooled LAN box for a firend...

Leuf · 03-12-2003, 05:04 PM

If you're thinking of either of the two athlon shuttle xpcs, the sk41 or sn41, the anandtech review of them is pretty thorough.

I got an sk41, and I only have a few complaints. The overall build quality is very good. My major complaint lies with the psu. If they'd made the case 1-2 cms taller then they could have used a standard 1U psu. Instead you have to use a slightly less wide one, and enhance and achme are the only two companies that make them. Neither of those names come to mind when you think quality psu. Also to keep the noise down they wired the psu fan, which is 40 mm, to a temperature control, and the psu case barely has any intake vent holes. The psu gets too hot to touch if you run it 24/7. I'm currently working on a 40 to 60 mm adapter for mine to provide adequate cooling without being too noisy.

Also if you want to use 2 hdds in it instead of 1 hdd 1 floppy, there really isn't enough cooling for that. There is very little space between them, and no clearance at all between the top 3.5 and the 5.25 bay above it. I'm going to be making a whole new front for mine that will include 1 or 2 slow 80 mm fans for hdd and case cooling. While the ice cpu/case cooler is capable of cooling the box, it leaves a lot of the case hotter than you'd probably like. It does however do a fine job cooling the cpu, I have a 1.2 tbird in there and even with horrible case temps it stilll keeps the cpu under 50 C under full load.

I make it sound worse than it is, I do like it. But if you want it to be cool and quiet you're going to have to do some modding.

iroc409 · 03-12-2003, 05:30 PM

heh... thanks for the info. sounds like it would work pretty well for me. all i need is one hdd, floppy, and a cdrom. it's just a workstation. the 6070's are going to be my nasty boxes.

iroc409 · 03-12-2003, 05:31 PM

at least, the ones with the most crap in them, that is... *nix box doesn't need a whole lot at the moment. that's all i run in them now anyways.

03-12-2003, 01:59 AM	#1
iroc409 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 596	shuttle sff these things are tiny! anybody know about them? they look like they'd make a kick-ass tiny *nix workstation, which i could use. __________________ :shrug:

03-12-2003, 12:10 PM	#2
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	Are you refering to the XPCs that Shuttle makes and now Iwill, Jetway, and Soltek are making? If so then yea, they are pretty sweet. I built up one with a Celeron 1.2Ghz and it worked great. I am also planning on getting the nForce2 model and turning it into a watercooled LAN box for a firend... __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

03-12-2003, 05:30 PM	#4
iroc409 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 596	heh... thanks for the info. sounds like it would work pretty well for me. all i need is one hdd, floppy, and a cdrom. it's just a workstation. the 6070's are going to be my nasty boxes. __________________ :shrug:

03-12-2003, 05:31 PM	#5
iroc409 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 596	at least, the ones with the most crap in them, that is... *nix box doesn't need a whole lot at the moment. that's all i run in them now anyways. __________________ :shrug:

03-12-2003, 05:04 PM	#3
Leuf Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 56	If you're thinking of either of the two athlon shuttle xpcs, the sk41 or sn41, the anandtech review of them is pretty thorough. I got an sk41, and I only have a few complaints. The overall build quality is very good. My major complaint lies with the psu. If they'd made the case 1-2 cms taller then they could have used a standard 1U psu. Instead you have to use a slightly less wide one, and enhance and achme are the only two companies that make them. Neither of those names come to mind when you think quality psu. Also to keep the noise down they wired the psu fan, which is 40 mm, to a temperature control, and the psu case barely has any intake vent holes. The psu gets too hot to touch if you run it 24/7. I'm currently working on a 40 to 60 mm adapter for mine to provide adequate cooling without being too noisy. Also if you want to use 2 hdds in it instead of 1 hdd 1 floppy, there really isn't enough cooling for that. There is very little space between them, and no clearance at all between the top 3.5 and the 5.25 bay above it. I'm going to be making a whole new front for mine that will include 1 or 2 slow 80 mm fans for hdd and case cooling. While the ice cpu/case cooler is capable of cooling the box, it leaves a lot of the case hotter than you'd probably like. It does however do a fine job cooling the cpu, I have a 1.2 tbird in there and even with horrible case temps it stilll keeps the cpu under 50 C under full load. I make it sound worse than it is, I do like it. But if you want it to be cool and quiet you're going to have to do some modding.

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