2004-09-26 - Hardware-Test.dk: All in all this is one of Shuttle's best barebones to date
 Editor's Choice!
They have made an excellent barebone that should be able to beat most of the competition.
Conclusion:
I can safely say that Shuttle has done it again. They have made an excellent barebone that should be able to beat most of the competition. It is equipped with everything you could want; SATA RAID, FireWire, onboard sound, Gigabit NIC and S/PDIF ports. (...) All in all this is one of Shuttle's best barebones to date. They have improved their existing design with a lot of small details (...)
Positive
+ the nVidia nForce3-Ultra chipset
+ 10/100/1000 NIC
+ SATA RAID
+ Onboard sound
+ S/PDIF ports, both in- and outports
+ Aluminium chassis
+ Fingrerscrews and even more fingerscrews
+ FireWire
+ Good design
+ Good performance
+ Good BIOS features
+ Passive chipset cooling
+ Very good temperature despite the rather compact design
+ CDROM hatch can be adapted to fit different modells
+ Very low-noise
+ Possible to upgrade by buying extra equipment
+ The cooler has been equipped with rubber to eliminate rosenans
+ The PSU can run with the large graphics cards
Please read the full review here: http://www.hardware-test.dk/test_show.asp?id=3230 |