2005-11-22 - Hardwarezone.com: "5 out of 5 stars!"

For the editors of the Malaysian hardware website there could only be one conclusion after the test of the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5, the first SFF PC for Intel Pentium M processors:: 5.0 Stars for the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5 -  "Perfect"!

"Beauty to the eyes, Cool to the touch, Silent to the ear and robust performance at heart," are the arguments with which the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5 convinced its testers of the Malaysian hardware website Hardwarezone.com.

It shines in a silver aluminium G5 chassis with stealthed drive doors: "The SD11G5 looks and feels like a little block of ice." But it's not only its looks that made it a perfect system, moving on to the specifications, the editors went on praising the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5:

"The XPC SD11G5 is a veritable desktop rival. With the 915GM chipset running the show, it features and supports an entire gamut of technologies you usually find in today's modern PC including SATA, DDR2, PCI Express, FireWire, USB 2.0 and HD audio courtesy of the onboard 24-bit Sound Blaster Live!."

TheSFF PC is fitted out with a fanless external 220Watt power supply and the ultra silent heat-pipe cooling systemthat make the "silent powerhouse" eliminate annoying noise: "There are empty pockets of space within the system, encouraging better airflow. One of the most important factors that play a role in this was Shuttle’s decision to go with an external power supply unit." The Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5 is "silent as a whisper", "keeping the SFF virtually inaudible in contrast with ambient room noise".

Additionally Shuttle demonstrates, thatstandard PC components can be installed, so there is no need to use expensive laptop components when assembling: "Shuttle has made sure, that standard components and drives will fit into their barebone setup." Who now thinks the barebone must be hard to assemble should think again. "Cables and wires are pre-routed" to avoid an untidy interior.

Having a closer look at the performance, the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD11G5 "performed well on par with a similarly configured desktop motherboard and armed with the Pentium M 750 in our case." Thinking of overclocking this SFF PC for the living room? Don't worry, according to the editors "overclocking with the SD11G5 was a blast as well."

Conclusion:

"The Shuttle XPC SD11G5 is a glimpse of how the mobile desktop is done right, on the very first try even. The SD11G5 fuses power efficiency with high-performance features and we swear it even purrs. Nothing but top marks for a great system"."5.0 Stars – Perfect"

Source: http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=1761&cid=26&pg=11