 Once unpacked, the editors of the British IT magazine Computershopper got struck by "the familiar look and feel of the company’s other cases" the Shuttle XPC Barebone SN21G5 has. What could that mean? "The Shuttle XPC Barebone SN21G5 is well built," explain the editors. This advantage of Shuttle products, good workmanship and use of high quality materials, cannot only be found on the outside: "The build quality is also excellent inside," discovered the IT experts.
The Shuttle XPC Barebone SN21G5 is the latest addition to Shuttle's socket 939 product line. Though it is kept in small footprint dimensions, it doesn’t lack in compatibility: "The Shuttle XPC Barebone SN21G5 supports the full range of AMD Socket 939 processors," wrote the editors, while it can be assembled to meet different requirements, no matter if it's office applications or gaming needs. This is proven by its performance which "was very good" and surprised the testers from Computershopper a little. "The Shuttle XPC Barebones SN21G5 is comfortably beating our reference PC." But not only when running Windows applications, but also in high demanding 3D games like Doom3 the Shuttle XPC Barebone SN21G5 "achieved a better frame rate" than the reference PC compared to. For its performance and its "great value" for money the Shuttle XPC Barebone SN21G5 was awarded the "Best Buy Award" by Computershopper.
Conclusion:
"Shuttle’s XPC Barebone SN21G5 is a well-built and well-priced barebones case that would be ideal for anyone who wants to build a small and simple Athlon64 PC."
Best Buy Award, 5 out of 5 Stars
Source: Computershopper, issue September 2006
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