Read more.Mini barebones chassis can be equipped with any Haswell processor up to 65W TDP.
Read more.Mini barebones chassis can be equipped with any Haswell processor up to 65W TDP.
This and pfSense will make a great router.
Serial ports? Really?
Only because they couldn't get a good price on a parallel port! While I agree that perhaps more USB would be more useful in a home environment - or in my case a pair of eSATA's - if they're intending for some embedded commercial use then ye olde RS-232 makes sense.
Hmm, 2x60mm fans and being from Shuttle you can pretty much guarantee that they won't be "low noise" versions says "noisy" to me.
Maybe it's the bad influence of those case modders on Hexus but my first thought was: ooh, whip off those two naff 60mil fans, cut a hole in the case top and slap on a quiet 140mm with a finger guard. Way I figure it (wet finger in the air) those 60mm can't be pulling more than 40CFM, so my 140mm pulling 60CFM+ is going to give me better cooling and, at sub 20dB, quieter too.
I feel a project coming on - anyone got any recommendations for processor?
Am I missing something or is the only differentiating feature between this and a NUC the addition of a couple of noisy fans?
Well you can use a far more powerful processor than the low-TDP mobile parts you get in NUCs, plus a heck of a lot more than the completely minimal connectivity you get with NUC.
Dual serial ports along with dual NICs IMO show quite clearly it's a more of an industrial/appliance-type system rather than aimed at the PC/HTPC market, which is also claimed on their product page: http://www.shuttle.eu/products/slim/ds81/overview/
Serial ports are in fact still heavily used for such systems, so it makes complete sense to include them, in fact they'd probably lose a good amount of the target audience without them TBH.
I agree with bdaniel7, dual NICs open this up to use as a fairly compact and powerful firewall system. However unless you need very high speed routing/VPN, PC Engines have their new apu1c out which is a good fit for that role for a lot less cash.
i so much enjoy the ALC 1150,had changed opamp to opa1642 on both HTPC and PC
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