"Apart from the compact dimensions, it was the interior of the Shuttle PC that surprised us," cited the editors of the Austrian gaming website Gamers.at the Shuttle XPC P 2500G. No wonder that, as the package includes: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 processor, two Gigabytes of TakeMS memory, ATI's Radeon X1900 XTX graphic card from Connect 3D, Samsung's 250 Gigabyte hard disk and Shuttle's Dual-Layer DVD-writer.
"Thanks to its small dimensions, the Shuttle XPC P 2500G is the ideal compagnion for the next LAN-party," assure the editors. But this SFF PC isn’t only interesting for professional gamers: "Even amateurs can get started very quickly. Coloured ports for mouse, keyboard and monitor help the users to connect peripherals."
Apart from connectivity, its design impressed the editors as well: "We really liked the looks of this box and who already owns a stylish designer TFT will surely enjoy this power cube even a bit more." Looks and configuration are fine. But how about performance? "The unit passed our Gamers.at endurance test without crashes or heat issues," while scoring in benchmarktests, too: "The Shuttle XPC P 2500G probably is the fastest compact PCsystem we have had in our test lab yet."
Conclusion:
"It's extremely fast, runs stable and features compact dimensions."
Pros:
- Extremely fast
- High end hardware packed in a small case
- Easy set up and handling, very compact
- Good configuration, high connectivity
Source: http://www.gamers.at/?SHOWKONTENT=1&ID=1599 |