2006-02-23 - Barebonecenter.de: "Silver-, Silent- and Performance- Award"

Good things come in three! This is exactly what the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD36G5M proves by winningthe Silver-, Silent- and the Performance-Award from the German SFFPC website Barebonecenter.de. The "ideal alrounder" successfully stood the high requirements of the testers and passed the review brilliantly.

First off, the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD36G5Mscored first right after unpacking, as the SFF PCshowed up with elegant design which impressed the editors. Shuttle banks on the well-tried G5-chassis with a mirrored front panel that's "highlighted with the integrated VFD-display." A small but very interestingfeature of the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD36G5M.

Thanks to i945G chipset, LAN, 7.1 surround sound and Quick Resume, the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD36G5M is proudly called a viiv-ready PC - a great step in the right direction of development. This why the Shuttle XPC Barebone is handed the "Silver-Award!"

For a unique performance along with the i945G chipset it also received the "Performance Award". According to the editors this award is "really a duty for thiscurrent desktopchipsetfrom Intel."In order to complete the hattrick the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD36G5Mgrabbed the "Silent-Award" thanks to the "nearly optimal teamwork of cooling technology and noise level."

Conclusion:

"The Shuttle XPC Barebone SD36G5M really deserved our "Silver-Award" for excellentlooks, the very good workmanship for being the most modern mainboard platformfeaturing the i945G chipset. The sought-after "Silent-Award" is won for whisper quiet operation with a quite demanding Pentium D 820 CPU. The "Performance-Award" is really a duty for this current desktopchipset from Intel."

Pros:

• high qualityworkmanship
• low noise operation (with small graphics-card)
• modern chipset with good performance
• good for overclocking
• VF-display with access via Windows MCE

Source: http://www.barebonecenter.info/articles.php?id=65&page=1&preview=yes