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Building a shuttle PC

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ProjectChaos

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Ok, after looking on the site for a few months I decided it was time for an upgrade. So I'm looking at a shuttle PC. I've got about 1000 to spend and I need pretty much everything but speakers/mouse/keyboard/monitor. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Do you want to keep your existing system and use this one as a seccond? IF not you have a really good setup there. IF you are, what will be it's primary use? Gaming? Internet/office? coding?
 
My current set-up will be used for a friend when he gets back from Iraq as a gift of sorts. So yes the shuttle will be my new rig, I will probably have more to spend on it, I thought about it a bit more and I'd be willing to spend upwards in the 2000 range. But I want something that is going to last me a bit, it will be used mainly for gaming and a little bit of surfing.
 
First off tell him I say "thanks"

Seccond, my recomendation

Shuttle Shuttle XPC Barebone System for Socket A at 400MHz FSB AMD CPU, Silver Model SN41G2V2 $275 @ the Egg

Chip: 2400 mobile (people have had some great oc results with these lately 2400 mobile $77 @ the egg

Memory: Corsair is good RAM $128 @ the egg

HDD: WD is good, SATA is good, 120gb is good, This cobines all three $107 @ the egg

Video: 9800pro Thats what I would use $212 @ the egg.

Add optical drive of your choice and you should still be under 1k (that up there is $799)
 
I've heard they heat up quite a bit, what would you suggest for cooling?
 
Originally posted by ProjectChaos
I've heard they heat up quite a bit, what would you suggest for cooling?
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WEll, the moblies "in theory" run cooler. The shutlle has the I.C.E. thing to cool it. but i've seen people fit bigger/beter hsf's in there, Plus you could watercool it or just strap on a better fan.
 
You looking to stay with AMd or is P4 a possibility?...The SB75G2 is a pretty good Canterwood barebone...
 
Hrmmm... Those are some pretty nice recomendations there, but I'd recomend at least a gig of RAM.

I'm on my second XPC and see no reason to go back to a full size system.

Heh, a lot depends on how much you're willing to spend. On the high end I'd go with:

SB75G2

a p4 C of your choice... 3.0's are down to $233

a gig of good RAM, pick your brand...

9800 pro 128meg... they're down to just over $200

I'd go with either a Hitachi 7k250 in the size of your choice or a Western Digital Raptor 74gig. I've a Raptor, I like it, it was a lot of money.

For optical I'd go with a Lite-on combo drive like this, or maybe a DVD burner.

If you go this route you'll likely end up spending more than $1200, but it would be one hell of a little box. Toasty too...

You could always build an Athlon 64 system too...

The SFF systems do run warm. But mine have always been stable as long as I don't tweak them too far. I've even been able to get some pretty decent overclocks.

The only other thing I'd get, whichever route you decide on, is some nice quiet fans for it. The stock Sunon is a little loud for the amount of air it pushes.

Choices, choices...

-dB
 
Just as a personal note ... I love my SB75G2 :) I have no complaints at all :D

A box similar to mine can easily be built for less than 2k ...

Box: 355
Ram: 280
DVDR: 100
Proc : 235
Vid: 220
WD Raptors 74gb x2: 450

That totals 1640 for a pretty decent system.
 
Take a look at the 20th aniversary edition. It's more, but worth it IMHO. It comes with a DVD player and 6 in one media reader and built in WiFi. And comes with a carrying case.

But the biggest benefit, is the much larger cooling vents on the side. My old shuttle with a radeon 9800 pro tended to cook HDD's if i ran any graphically intense program for more than about an hour or so. This new one doesn't seem to have that problem.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...ufactory=1465&description=&page=2&listStyle=2

Scroll down about half way.
 
Originally posted by TekieB
First off tell him I say "thanks"

Seccond, my recomendation

Shuttle Shuttle XPC Barebone System for Socket A at 400MHz FSB AMD CPU, Silver Model SN41G2V2 $275 @ the Egg

Chip: 2400 mobile (people have had some great oc results with these lately 2400 mobile $77 @ the egg

Memory: Corsair is good RAM $128 @ the egg

HDD: WD is good, SATA is good, 120gb is good, This cobines all three $107 @ the egg

Video: 9800pro Thats what I would use $212 @ the egg.

Add optical drive of your choice and you should still be under 1k (that up there is $799)
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That shuttle does not have SATA.
 
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