Shuttle SN27P2: Best Shuttle XPC Yet

Speaking for myself, I have found that I have a love - hate relationship with the Shuttle PC. I like the form factor from the size perspective, but the love stops there.

Shuttle has built some great small-form-factor PCs. The company popularized the cube-shaped, high performance PC with their XPC line. We’ve reviewed quite a few of these tiny systems over the years, but Shuttle has come closer than anyone to getting them right.

The company designs and sells two basic XPC chassis—the G series and the P series. The G series is more compact, but there are definite compromises to these designs, including limitations on the power supply. The P series is only slightly larger, but offers more efficient cooling and beefier power supplies. However, both the G and P series have tended to be pretty noisy when running full throttle. The only units that were relatively quiet were those with external power supplies, like the Pentium M–based SD11G5.

Shuttle is now shipping the SN27P2. This XPC variant uses the latest Nforce4 570 core logic, and supports AMD’s Socket AM2 and DDR2 memory. Shuttle has pulled out all the stops in the SN27P2, building a system that’s more expandable than past designs, while managing to reduce the overall noise level. Let’s take a closer look at their latest P-series Shuttle marvel… Source: ExtremeTech