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The XPC SB61G2 - Exterior
The Shuttle XPC SB61G2 capitalizes on Shuttle’s signature XPC design
that is compact, light and neat. As with other XPC systems, the
XPC SB61G2 chassis is full aluminium including the front panel.
Altough this gives the XPC a simple outlook on the front, some users
are attracted to the all-aluminium design. Shuttle has also kept
the dimensions exactly similar to previous XPC systems; at 200mm
in width, 185mm in height and 300mm in depth, the XPC is no larger
than a shoebox. If you were to own one of these systems, a certain
sense of amazement would certainly befall you on how such tiny systems
can pack in so much processing power. That is the beauty of an SFF
PC.
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Here’s the Shuttle XPC SB612G in all its
glory.
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On the front of the XPC SB61G2 are the
power / HDD indicators, reset and power buttons. Below
them are Line-in, Mic-in, Line-out (headphones-out), dual
USB 2.0 ports and a Firewire port.
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With the 865G chipset capable
of supporting more USB ports, the XPC SB61G2 was outfitted
with four more USB 2.0 ports on the rear ATX deck. Note
that the SPDIF connections have been moved out of the
ATX deck and placed in a much higher location. We wonder
why had it not been integrated on the ATX deck as we do
see some clearance available for it.
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Here is the list of ports you’ll find at the rear end of the XPC
SB61G2 system:-
- 1x VGA output ports
- 1x Serial port
- 4x USB 2.0 ports
- 1x Firewire port
- 1x PS2 (mouse)
- 1x PS2 (keyboard)
- 1x Center/Bass speaker
output
- 1x Front Left /
Right speaker output
- 1x Rear Left / Right
speaker output
- 1x RJ45 connector
for 10/100 LAN
- 1x S/PDIF Optical
output
- 1x S/PDIF Optical
input
The large vent that you see at the rear belongs to the system
exhaust fan that also doubles up as the cooler for Shuttle’s
Integrated Cooling Engine (I.C.E.) for the CPU. Basically, I.C.E.
is a heat-pipe system that channels heat from the CPU to where
the exhaust fan is and expels the heat out of the system. Thus
far, Shuttle’s XPC systems are the only SFF systems that utilizes
this efficient heat-transfer method but it certainly adds to
the cost of the XPC; probably the reason why other SFF vendors
have not embraced it yet.
Accompanying the XPC SB61G2 is a small pack of accessories to
complete your mini-system and we doubt you would need any more
than has been provided:
- Flexible Front feet
- Custom-length FDD,
CD-ROM, HDD-IDE, SATA cables
- SATA power converter
cable
- Power cord
- Shuttle XPC installation
guide
- Motherboard manual
- Drivers CD
- Installation kit
(contains needed screws, adhesives and thermal paste)
The provisioned custom length cables are most useful in small
systems because it eliminates much of the cable slack involved
with standard cables, which would otherwise gobble valuable
system space.
Journey on to the next page to find out what's inside the XPC
SB61G2. Beware, lots of pics there, be patient.
- 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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