Shuttle XPC SD39P2 handles Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme

Although Shuttle's been known to kick out a few majorly fresh offerings that deviated from the company norm from time to time, the XPC SD39P2 seems to be sticking quite firmly to the beaten path, as it retains the stylish good looks of its all-black predecessor and just adds support for a few new pieces of hardware. The SFF barebones kit boasts Intel's 975X / ICH7-R chipset and supports up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, Intel's latest Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme processors, NVIDIA's 7950 GX2 / 8800 GTX and ATI's Radeon X1900 graphics cards, and eight-channel HD-audio as well. Moreover, users will find expanded BIOS settings for CPU clock ratio and DDR2 voltage, a PCI-Express slot, room for a trio of 3.5-inch hard drives along with a single optical drive, gigabit Ethernet, a whopping seven USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, eSATA, and a 400-watt SilentX power supply. The 12.8- x 8.7- x 8.3-inch box also sports Shuttle's I.C.E. heat-pipe cooling module and linear fan control to keep the heat (and noise) out of your machine, and while we still dig the idea of a portable LAN gaming rig at our disposal, we'd certainly think twice before dropping €419 ($554) for just the enclosure.

[Via TGDaily]

[Zut @ Mar 2nd 2007 9:39AM]

Congrats Engadget you've completely missed the main point of this "new" model, in that it has a PCI slot rather than a second PCI-E slot which no-one can use!

I still love you though!

[Blackster @ Mar 2nd 2007 9:43AM]

Just for the enclosure?
Ehr wait wasn't there something mentioned about a special mobo and a powersupply? Add that and you get a smiliar price for a normal pc, well not exactly but you'll get the point. ^^

[Chris @ Mar 2nd 2007 10:11AM]

The €419 ($554) is for the case, PSU, mainboard, and HSF. I have G5 series shuttle and these not low end parts. The PSU is 1/4 the size of a standard desktop PSU, the HSF has a 80mm fan, everything about the case is high quality (rolled edges and nothing feels flimsy), and it comes with a bunch of specialy made cables (IDE and SATA cables are just exactly the right length) as well so there is no cable bunching issue inside the case to block airflow.

yeah, you pay a premium for the shuttle, but I love mine! It's small and quiet enough to have on top of my desk where the USB ports and optical drive are easy to reach. I don't think I'll own a non-SFF pc again, and will definitely consider another Shuttle.

[jk @ Mar 2nd 2007 10:51AM]

The two above are correct...the price includes case, all necessary cords/wires/cables, power supply, and motherboard.

I have two shuttles one old one new sitting in my room, they are absolutely awesome and saves so much space. Shuttle has me sold with the SFF and the noise level on these things. I am and will be a repeat customer because of their high build quality and aesthetics.

[Xaijin @ Mar 2nd 2007 11:11AM]

If this PSU is proprietary, then say good bye to their 8800 GTX "support".

[Marshall @ Mar 2nd 2007 11:32AM]

I have ordered about 25 Shuttles (various models at different times) for our CAD users, and I have to agree they are worth it. High quality parts all around and the only problems we have had are with video card fans, which is probably more the video card manufacturer (who has promptly replaced them). The price point is only slightly higher than a comparably spec'd HP or Dell, with a lot fewer hardware issues down the road.

Not a total fanboy (I wanted something quieter and more expandable at home) but the price (for what you get) might not be the best arguing point. Maybe I've just been lucky too. Your mileage may vary.

[Gennaro @ Mar 2nd 2007 11:52AM]

its pretty crappy only having one PCIE slot, i believe their ONLY SLI model is the SN26P, which is rated to use 2 7800GTXs perfectly. I checked their website a while ago, and didnt see any other model with SLI support. The downside of that model is it only supports 2GB of DDR memory (not DDR2), and its socket 939.
Though I suppose there will be a point when upgrading the rest outweighs having SLI support...

I think though, these video card power requirements are getting a little out of hand, and I think thats why Shuttle chose not to go with SLI or is choosing to opt out of SLI because of these insane power requirements.

[allen Gragg @ Mar 2nd 2007 12:42PM]

Has anyone had experience with turning one of these into a NAS/RAID/media server running linux. Looking into buying a readymade NAS but didn't know if this with some mods would be a better option. Thanks.

[Manuel @ Mar 2nd 2007 2:23PM]

I put SageTV on my Shuttle box with enough storage to record all the TV shows I want. PCI slot is essential, at least for now, for the TV tuner cards (haven't seen any PCI-E yet). I run Ubuntu Server and Fedora Core 5 on my desktop Shuttle.

[mike503 @ Mar 2nd 2007 5:09PM]

i love shuttles. they've had one model for a while (SD37P2) that handles all of the core2 processors even the quad and extreme ones. but this is great, a newer one with support and better specs. sweet.