CES 2010: SFF Style

Hi everyone,

Post your SFF news from CES 2010 here for discussion!

I'll be posting updates on www.SFFClub.com and www.twitter.com/sffclub (follow me!)

Right now we have the new Shuttle J series showed which take mini-itx boards and Zotac H55 mini-itx board.

I'll be keeping track of the more interesting news below:

• Shuttle J Series launched
• Zotac launches H55 mini-itx mobo - Thanks Proneax
• ECS H55 motherboard details shown - Thanks Proneax
• SilverStone SG07 Pictures - Supports full sized ATX PSU!? - Thanks to PCWorld.fr

EDIT: Shuttle press pack site has photos of all the new boxes: http://us.shuttle.com/CES/MediaKit/h...NewModels.html
Another photo of the Shuttle J1 box, the chequer pattern face: http://www.coolcomputing.com/article.php?sid=3549

Are Shuttle boxes reasonably quiet these days? The only ones I've used were 4-5 years ago and very loud.

Interested in the j3

Been waiting for news on this before i decide my upgrade path; shuttle or matx (evga x58 micro + dabox)

The J-series is ugly, even the J3. Glad I second-thoughted on the H7 when I did.

REALLY awesome that you can go mini-ITX now though. My only option is to order an SX58H7 motherboard from them if I'm ever itching, and hack it in there.

The recent-gen Shuttles are very quiet except for the whiny, small, sleeve-bearing Northbridge fan. I hacked a Zalman ZM-NBF47 onto my Northbridge using a piece of clipped coat hanger to fasten it and with the one 92mm exhaust fan (which also functions as part of the CPU HSF) and the HD 5850 it's damn near silent. Plenty of power, too.

I'm pretty excited about this shuttle J3...I hope you don't have to order the mobo with it but I'm sure you do.

I really want some SG07 photos but I think they are little busy and haven't gotten back to me .

So far not much on the mini-itx front....this is what I feared but we will see tomorrow. If I was able to make it we'd already know 8)

Big of the J3 front case: http://www.sffclub.com/images/stories/SX58J3_1.jpg

I like the front of it, preffer it to the H7 anyway :P

End of q1/start of q2 i hear?

I love this J3, but one question: how big is the case? Can 3 HDDs fit into?
No specs somewhere?

Ok it seems that the J3 is a redesigned H7 case, so 2 HDDs max

Very strange board layout on that Zotac.

Wow, I know someone who is gonna be pissed about the SG07 pictures

SG07 looks like a huge letdown...way too big for itx.

Originally Posted by Kaos_Drem

SG07 looks like a huge letdown...way too big for itx.

You realize it is not much bigger than the SG05 and SG06 right?

The SG07 by my extremely poor estimates is about 200mm(H)x220mm(W)x330mm(D). This makes it roughly 15L which the SG06 is 13.1L. 15L is still half the size of the Qmicra and much smaller than the SG01 which is 23L.

Intel keeps showing the same H57 board...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/....0,2529-2.html

Originally Posted by Steeeeve

You realize it is not much bigger than the SG05 and SG06 right?

Ok let me rephrase it, it seems like a huge letdown because it doesn't include the 450sff powersupply and seems pretty ugly from first impressions.

The size was hard to get a real appreciation of given that we only really have a few pictures of it and not really enough to base a lasting opinion.

The main problem is the increased cost of it, $150 for a slightly longer sg06 without power supply...

Heared new shuttles have a similar top end J series box too, called Kazi. Similar to the J3 but watercooled?

This from AT's site showing InWin's latest at the CES 2010

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=3710&p=3

Originally Posted by Kaos_Drem

Ok let me rephrase it, it seems like a huge letdown because it doesn't include the 450sff powersupply and seems pretty ugly from first impressions.

The size was hard to get a real appreciation of given that we only really have a few pictures of it and not really enough to base a lasting opinion.

The main problem is the increased cost of it, $150 for a slightly longer sg06 without power supply...

Actually reading the french translated text.. it says it includes a 600 watt PSU that has special shortened cables included.

So $150 for a 600 watt mini-itx case that fits a 5970 and potentially a H50 on top (if you can find a way to mount it to the 180mm fan) and hopefully a few 3.5" drives.
That's not a bad deal at all, I'm actually looking forward to this, and that Zotac board specifically for the extra Sata ports... hopefully it's ~$130-150...

Does look like it will only hold one 3.5" drive which is a little disappointing...

Originally Posted by Kaos_Drem

Ok let me rephrase it, it seems like a huge letdown because it doesn't include the 450sff powersupply and seems pretty ugly from first impressions.

The size was hard to get a real appreciation of given that we only really have a few pictures of it and not really enough to base a lasting opinion.

The main problem is the increased cost of it, $150 for a slightly longer sg06 without power supply...

It comes with a 600w PSU...I think it will look better when we get real pictures. SilverStone told me before the event that they had just gotten the prototype and it was basically in pieces on the way to CES. I think the thing to take away is the capabilities.

Originally Posted by Skott

This from AT's site showing InWin's latest at the CES 2010

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=3710&p=3

Oh another mini-tower...booo

Thanks though!