Trusted Reviews: "Recommended Product"
 "It handles Intel quad core, a trio of hard disks, and a super fast 8800 GTX graphics with ease," the editors of the British online magazine explain after having tested the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD39P2. Shuttle's "flagship machine" which is "compact, stylish, quiet and powerful" and "worth the extra over standard cases" managed to convince the editors completely winning their coveted "Trusted Reviews Recommended" award.
Instead of bulky grey boxes "you can go for something small, compact and yet, also very powerful," know the editors of the British hardware website Trusted Reviews. The unit the editors considered was the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD39P2 supporting "Intel socket LGA775 dual-core and quad-core processors including the top-end Core 2 Quad QX6800" providing room for "up to three hard disks."
Once the "smart box" with its "smooth brushed metal effect" arrived and the package was unpacked, the editors were sure it has "potential to be an incredibly powerful machine for either gaming or workstation use." A look under the hood reveals four dual-channel memory slots supporting 800 MHz memory and a mainboard which "has pretty much everything you’ll be likely to need." In other words, a total of four USB ports, find three SATA ports, Firewire port, microphone, headphone sockets, Gigabit-LAN, surround 7.1 sound from the integrated Realtek High Definition Audio and a clear CMOS button which can be found on the rear.
"Putting it together was quite straightforward," the editors reported after having fit in two Western Digital Raptor X hard disks and Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card. Setting up the SD39P2 and installing Windows Vista "was all delightfully speedy and smooth," they add. To find out if the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD39P2 lives up to its promises of being a high-end gaming rig or workstation, Trusted Reviews ran "the full gamut of tests" on it. And the SD39P2 mastered any tasks brilliantly, when it "ate its way through them with no crashes" highlighting its "impressive stability."
Even the price was convincing – it is surely "worth paying," according to Trusted Reviews. "If you want real power then in a small case, the Shuttle SD39P2 proves emphatically that it really is possible," refute the editors the rumour of a small case meaning low performance. |