Shuttle's XPC SN25P mini-barebones system

[Steve]

Take a Shuttle XPC P chassis. Add a socket 939 motherboard. Then, throw in an nForce 4 chipset with Envy24 sound. Sounds good? The Tech Report check it out:

WITH EXPANSIVE INTERNALS that can accommodate up to three hard drives, a trio of temperature-controlled cooling zones, tool-free drive rails, and a robust 350W power supply, the P series is undoubtedly the pinnacle of Shuttle's XPC chassis line. Enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting a P-series XPC for the Athlon 64, but in the seven months since the chassis' introduction, the P series has been a Pentium 4-only affair. That all changes today with the arrival of Shuttle's XPC SN25P.

Sporting a 939-pin socket for the Athlon 64, an nForce4 chipset, PCI Express, and an integrated Envy24PT audio controller, the XPC SN25P could be the best small form factor barebones system to date. Does it deliver on its considerable potential? Was it worth the wait? Read on to find out.

[The review]

[Pete the Painter]

Take a Shuttle XPC P chassis. Add a socket 939 motherboard. Then, throw in an nForce 4 chipset with Envy24 sound. Sounds good? The Tech Report check it out:[The review]

Thanks for this one Kez. Just bought a SN95G5 939 NF3 ultra. /me thinks It'll be going back now

[Apex]

Some what lacking in some areas and others not :s

[Pete the Painter]

Yeah suppose its only realy a gaming PC rig, as there are no std PCi slots gust a PCIe 16x and a PCIe 1x Hmm this is a tricky one. Already have a SLi Ultra setup and I wanted to utilise the SFF as a media centre as well as a spare gaming PC :/

[Apex]

Whens it out thats what i want to know.