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Review
of Shuttle XPC SB61G2
the little rocket in a box
manufactor
: shuttle.com
21
july 2003 ///
by Peter Average
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Introduction
If you paid close attention to Small Form Factor (SFF) PC specifications,
you would have realized that most of them have been designed around
a motherboard utilizing an older chipset model. Take for example
the Intel Pentium 4 platform, you would most often notice SFF PCs
based on the SiS 651, Intel 845G / GV chipset variants and these
are not as updated as the chipsets used on most retail motherboards.
Plus, chipsets with integrated graphics cores are not usually updated
as often as those without it.
With the recent launch of the Intel Springdale chipsets that are
now classified as the 865 series, Intel has a new mainstream chipset
with integrated graphics – the 865G. So what’s new with the 865G
chipset in comparison to its predecessor, the 845GE? 800MHz PSB
(processor side bus) support, dual channel DDR400 memory support
and a revised graphics core engine named the Intel Extreme Graphics
2. We haven’t much detail on the improvements Intel has made to
the graphics core, but we will let the results speak for itself
in the test section. With the new Springdale chipsets, they have
also been paired with a beefed up I/O Controller Hub, ICH5, which
now supports eight USB 2.0 ports and natively supports serial ATA
with two SATA-150 ports.
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Shuttle who has always been on the ball for new XPC variants, was
armed and poised with their latest XPC system built around a new
Shuttle Form Factor 865G motherboard even before the official launch.
This is the Shuttle XPC SB61G2 system, which we will be reviewing
today. Before we move further, you may want to get acquainted with
the basic system specifications:
Shuttle XPC SB61G2 Specifications
| Case
Parameters |
- Shuttle
custom form factor ATX specification
- Slots for 2
expansion cards (1x AGP 8x/4x, 1x PCI)
- 1 x
5.25-inch drive bays (external)
- 1 x 3.5-inch
drive bays (external)
- 1 x
3.5-inch drive bays (internal)
- Power and
reset switches
- Blue LED
for power and Orange LED for HDD indication
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| Expansion
Ports |
- Front Panel
- 2 x
USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x Firewire
port
- 1x Line-out
/ Headphone
- 1x Mic-in
- 1x Line-in
- Back Panel
- 1x Serial
Port
- 4 x
USB 2.0 ports
- 1x RJ45
10/100 LAN port
- 1x VGA
ports
- 1x Center/Bass
speaker output
- 1x Front
Left / Right speaker output
- 1x Rear
Left / Right speaker output
- 1x SPDIF
Optical output
- 1x SPDIF
Optical input
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| Motherboard
Type and CPU Support |
- Shuttle
FB61 Shuttle Form Factor ATX
- Based on
Intel 865G chipset
- Supports
Socket-478 CPU (400/533/800 FSB)
- Supports
DDR266 / DDR333 / DDR400 memory
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| Graphics
Subsystem |
- Integrated
Intel Extreme Graphics 2
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| Sound
Subsystem |
- Realtek
ALC650 6-Channel sound output with SPDIF input/output
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| Case
Cooling |
- Shuttle
I.C.E. heat-pipe technology
- Autoguardian
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| Power
Supply |
- ACHME Electronics
200W (with Active PFC)
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| Dimensions
& Weight |
- Width: 200mm
- Height:
185mm
- Depth: 300mm
- Material
: Aluminum
- Color: Brushed
Aluminum
- Weight :
2.85kg
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- Introduction
- Shuttle XPC SB61G2
- The
XPC SB61G2 - Exterior
- The
XPC SB61G2 - Interior
- The
XPC SB61G2 - more Interior shoots
- Test
Setup - Results – SYSmark 2002 & SPECViewPerf
- Results
– 3DMark 2001SE
- Conclusion
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