2005-11-18 - SFFTech.com: "Recommended Product"

Their test of the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5 concluded, the editors of SFFTech.com suggest your only question once you start using the SD11G5 will be: "Is the PC even on?"

But how's that possible? What's the difference between this SFF PC and others? The main difference is its external, fanless power supply providing "a vast amount of space inside this unit," explain the editors of the American hardware website SFFTech.com. The interior space was just impressive making the editors proudly add: "anything will fit in there."

The other difference of the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5 is the location of the CPU socket:

"First, it is located at the very front of this unit. Second, the heat pipes run all the way across to the back of the computer." But what's the effect of this change? The interior becomes even "more spacious."

Nailing the jelly to the wall, now, how quiet is the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5? The answer is very simple; the noise was too low that the editors had problems measuring it: "It was not loud enough to register on our noise meter!"

Conclusion:

The Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5 "is painfully quiet as you will strain to hear it and will spend much of your first few days with it constantly checking that the fan is plugged in," as it's really nearly inaudible. Another Shuttle XPC awarded with the "Recommended Product" by SFFTech.com.

Source: http://www.sfftech.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=710