Tom's Hardware Guide: "Very good overall impression"
 It's the first SFF PC for AMD Athlon AM2 processors: the Shuttle XPC Barebone SN27P2. It offers space for up to three hard disks. You can use four memory slots with up to eight gigabyte RAM and the newest AMD processors. The editors of Tom's Hardware Guide were impressed.
"We have a very good overall impression about Shuttle's newest SFF PC", stated the editors. Shuttle XPC Barebone SN27P2 "stays cool – even by full load". Also with a high-end processor like the AMD Athlon 64 AM2 X2 5000+. And you don't have to pass on cooling: "The internal space of the SFF PC keeps cool and hardware components don't have to fight against heat problems."
Shuttle XPC Barebone SN27P2 passed the benchmark test without problems. The score: 95%!
Result:
| Envirement: |
90% |
| Ergonomics: |
90% |
| Benchmarks: |
95% |
| Price: |
80% |
| Design: |
90% |
| Service: |
90% |
| Overall: |
90% |
Source: http://hardware.thgweb.de/2006/07/18/shuttle-xpc-sn27p2-mini-pc-amd-athlon-am2-prozessor/index.html |