Small Form Factor Pentium 4 PC Roundup - March 2003
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 11, 2003 12:10 PM EST- Posted in
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Opening up the chassis reveals a fairly uncluttered environment, as well as the same cooler from the SB51G. Be sure to check out our previous Shuttle XPC reviews for more information on the heatpipe cooling system used here. One thing that should be mentioned is that the fan you see in the picture above is a temperature controlled variable speed unit, with two modes that are selectable in the BIOS.
Here we have another angle of the inside of the SB52G2, note how few cables get in the way; keep this in mind as we take a look at the last solution for this roundup:
All of the LEDs and switches for the front of the chassis are connected to the motherboard using this small block (above) at the very front of the case.
Access to memory slots is just about as good as it gets with the SB52G2:
Our only remaining complaint about the SB52G2 is that Shuttle continues to ship their XPCs with an extra 12V power connector that many can confuse with a standard 4-pin ATX power connector, but try plugging this into a hard drive and you'll be met with a whole lot of nothing as there's no 5V line on this connector. It's not a huge deal, but if Shuttle is aiming for perfection, here's one step.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link
Oops -- I should've included this:http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?sid=92hz3...
The above link has a "spec sheet". Takes a P4 up to 2.8G, etc. etc.
Anonymous User - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link
MSI has a new "MegaPC" SFF PC with built-in stereo tuner (has a spiffy LCD on the front), model MS6251. If anyone has any experiences with this one, esp. with Linux, please let me know -- I'm emailable at:liberty@eskimo.com
Odeen - Thursday, August 7, 2003 - link
Speaking of taking up space on the desk...Is it just me, or is it more "efficient" to have a PC on the floor where you'd otherwise have... floor (under a desk, or near it) than to have a cube PC take up desk space that you can otherwise use?
Odeen - Thursday, August 7, 2003 - link
Well, except that the keyboard is two inches thick, there is no AGP slot, the chipset is SiS, and the performance _really_ stinks. :(Build an nForce2 IGP in there, let it use standard drives and memory, and make it as inexpensive as shuttle boxen, and it'll be worthwhile :)
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There is an alternative to the Box PC. It is called the "zero-footprint-pc" by Cybernet, it is a complete Pentium 4 based PC inside a normal size keyboard. The CUBE PC types are nothing more than a mini-tower still taking desk space. The Keyboard PC does not take any more than a keyboard on your desktop.kaniakhan - Monday, December 17, 2018 - link
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