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Small Form Factor Shuttle - Some Changes Made

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by richman, 28 Feb 2004.

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  1. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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    If its a DM+9 8MB Cache, that is exactly what I have in mine. I have a Parhelia in but Im guessing yu'd have something more Gamey...
     
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  2. richman

    richman What's a Dremel?

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    Iam Still Looking For a Cpu

    Richman
     
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  3. phaSe

    phaSe What's a Dremel?

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    the psu would be fine with those specs :) What about graphics? it will definitely be fine for gaming and LANs :thumb: theyve got a lot of ooomph for something so small :naughty:

    RoB
     
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  4. [twig]clown

    [twig]clown What's a Dremel?

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    I use my shuttle (SN41G2B......i think, black one with NForce2 chipset :p) for gaming and LANing. Barton 2500+, 1 Gb of RAM, 80Gb WD 8mb SE HDD, and a R9600Pro. That handles every game I have (including UT2003, Unreal 2, NFS:U, Quake, H&D, CS). It sits under a desk, above another computer, in a corner, and still keeps temps. low enough for me to be comfortable. (ie. in the mid 40's at load).

    I would recommend getting the revised (silent) PSU though.

    -cLoWn
     
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  5. richman

    richman What's a Dremel?

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    So the SN41G2 will be fine for my needs then becuase this is the one iam thinking of getting, i was thinking of using my Radeon 9600 se graphics card once i get the shuttle up and running then i will make some changes e.g change the fans for quiet ones and change the psu also does this have a serial port on it for me to hook a lcd up to or is their any usb sockets on the back? I am looking forward to getting my shuttle now after your guys giving me the advice i needed to make the decision thanks :rock: i will be having it or modding it in the near future hopefully ready for my towns lan party. if anyone one else has anything else to comment to the SN41G2 on how i can make it as quiet as possible or anything else i can do to it to make it looks as sexy as possbile or maybe comment on the hardware iam going to use please feel free i will enjoy reading all your thoughts as this shuttle seems the one for me :thumb:

    Cheers
    Richman
     
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  6. Atomic

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    Did you not read either of th review I posted towards the start of this thread?

    It shows all of the shuttles ports, both front and back.
     
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  7. phaSe

    phaSe What's a Dremel?

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    thats a yes by the way! even in your own thread, :read: lol!

    anyways, you shouldnt need to change the whole PSU, just the fan for a quieter one should do it :)

    theres a good few shuttle mods here, check em out: :thumb:

    including:
    my sn41g2,
    [twig]clown's sn41g2b,
    Jack's sn45g,
    and zaps new project

    so dont forget, :search:

    hope that plants some ideas :thumb:

    RoB
     
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  8. Penrhos

    Penrhos What's a Dremel?

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    If your using your old videocard then for AMD the SN45 is Good (basically a SN41 but without the onboard GF4-mx440 and Nforce2-ultra chipset instead)

    If you like Intel then the Special edition is good value - bag/wireless nic/dvd-rom

    Or you could push the boat out with a SN85 with an AMD64 processor - then d/l Windows XP 64 bit and have a play...
     
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  9. richman

    richman What's a Dremel?

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    I have read the reviews you gave me i just couldnt remember if they had serial ports and i have now lost the link to them reviews :wallbash:

    Phase thanks for all them links you seem to know your stuff about these barebones :hip: that is good for me i am still going to go for the SN41G2 as this has go all the features i need and propbrebly more, even tho it has on board graphics these might come in handy in the future and the extra money would prob be worth it

    Where do you all think is the best place to get my Shuttle From?

    Cheers for all the feedback and help

    Richman
     
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  10. Atomic

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    I got my 41G2 from tekheads in the end, wasn't the cheapist (about £2 more than microdirect, like thats much!) but I knew thet'd get it to me quick enuogh and without any fuss.
     
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  11. phaSe

    phaSe What's a Dremel?

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    i got mine from ebuyer. But whether youre happy using them is another matter......

    Otherwise, KustomPCs are always very helpful.

    have fun!

    RoB
     
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  12. Atomic

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    I prefer my stuff to arrive next day rather than next week..

    Kustompcs are good, a little more expensive than tekheads when I bought mine tho.
     
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  13. richman

    richman What's a Dremel?

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    I think aria.co.uk seem the best on price and i have heard that they are also good on service. Ebuyer are pants and i wont be using them :p

    Cheers
    Richman
     
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  14. [twig]clown

    [twig]clown What's a Dremel?

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    Got mine from overclockers.co.uk, there prices vary, on somethings they are competitive, on others they are expensive, but there service is great, gets here quick too.
     
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  15. richman

    richman What's a Dremel?

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    I think i have decided on arai.co.uk (Roll on Friday - Pay Day)

    What Fans Shall i get and also what size as i want to get this a quiet as possible :confused: i want to be able to leave this on when i go to bed you see :thumb:

    Cheers
    Richman
     
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  16. Atomic

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    Any 80mm 20db or less fan will be fine.

    For the PSU its gotta be 40mm and the NB I'd make passive.
     
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  17. richman

    richman What's a Dremel?

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    Passive?

    And Cheers For the fans and sizes i will get right to it when the shuttle arrives

    Cheers
    Richman
     
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  18. Atomic

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  19. richman

    richman What's a Dremel?

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    I plan on having my own GFX card in the machine :rock:

    I hope this machine will be ok for my needs

    Richman
     
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  20. Atomic

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    Stop worrying so much!

    You'll be very happy with it, they are fun little things to play with.
     
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