HEXUS.reviews :: Shuttle P2 3700G pre-built XPC SFF PC

[Tarinder]

It all boils down to whether for £2000 you can accept the compromise of 'lesser' components for reduced space and greater portability. If you can, and there will be many readers who fall into that camp, Shuttle P2 3700G is an exercise in demonstrating just how well the trade-off can work.

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7337

[chrestomanci]

Personaly, I would have prefered a review of the barebone Chasis, rather than I pre-built system.

I would be very unlikey to buy or build a system the spec as reviewed, but I would consider building my own based on that chasis. For that I would like a review that focused on the build quality, how easy it is to setup, and the features of the motherboard.

[Zak33]

Personaly, I would have prefered a review of the barebone Chasis, rather than I pre-built system.

I would be very unlikey to buy or build a system the spec as reviewed, but I would consider building my own based on that chasis. For that I would like a review that focused on the build quality, how easy it is to setup, and the features of the motherboard.

In this case I think it's pretty nice to see a SFF fully loaded and ready to drive out of the box

And while £2000 is a lot of money, as Tarinder points out, it's only about £250 more than if you'd put it all together yaself, plus it's got a good warranty too.

I for one am glad to read a review on a fully built SFF

Thanks Tarinder, nice one fella

[chuckskull]

Once you've built a shuttle yourself, giving someone else a couple of hundred quid to do it for you, will be seriously tempting. Does seem to be a waste of RAM in this though. Surely chucking in the 64bit OS would of been an obvious choice if they were putting in 4gig of RAM.