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| Thread ID: 54176 | 2005-02-05 23:52:00 | Shuttle style pc advice | Malas (7052) | Press F1 |
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| 321901 | 2005-02-05 23:52:00 | Hi Im looking at getting a shuttle style pc that will mainly be used for gaming. I have geforece 6800gt graphics card (agp) that i would like to put in it as well as a 10000 rpm WD sata drive, and a seperate drive (prolly a 200gb drive), 2gb of ram and a 3.2ghz p4 processor. I also have a audigy sound card that i wouldnt mind using but im not to fussed if it dosnt get used. I would also prefer gb lan. Any one have any suggestions on what sort of shuttle i should get and weither everything will all actually fit, and if there will be enough power and if heat might be an issue? Any other suggestions would also be helpful. Thanks |
Malas (7052) | ||
| 321902 | 2005-02-06 00:09:00 | Depends on the model of the 'shuttle style' but what ever model you are thinking of will have issues with heat and space with that rig it it. The more modern shuttle type micro pc's have improved power supplies but still would very marginal for the above. Most come only with one spare pci slot. You could probably shoe horn two drives in if you dropped the floppy/card reader but heat would be a major factor. Sure these things look cute and are handy to tote around but they are still a compromise. A gaming rig deserves a decent well ventilated case/mobo set up. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 321903 | 2005-02-06 05:52:00 | Nooooooooooooooooooo dont get a shuttle 'style' case, honestly :p they are so small and just a pain when you have to add stuff to it like a graphics card, i put one in a friends system and i had to cut out peices of the inside of the case. but they sure look cool, it wasnt a true "shuttle" it was a one that looked like it and so it didnt have the real shuttle specifications.if you still want one, get a real shuttle the new shuttles are quite remarkable in what they can hold, but they lack pci slots but most have pci abilities built in the motherboard like LAN, audio and some have video. In the last pc world mag there was a small review of a shuttle, and that looks pretty sweet. a lot of the shuttles are barebones so you can add your own gear.They are quite pricey though for a average one. |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 321904 | 2005-02-06 08:27:00 | Hi Malas The shuttles aren't that bad but from memory they only have 2 x RAM slots so if you currently have 4 x 512Mb then you won't get the full 2Gig into the Shuttle (no problem if you have 2 x 1Gb sticks). Yeah space is an issue, and upgrading can be a problem but (from experience) there is nothing wrong with the Shuttle as a gaming PC. You will get both hard drives and the AGP card in there (at a squeeze but it can be done) but you will have to sacrifice the 2nd external drive bay (no floppy perhaps?) to accomodate the 2nd hard drive. The original shuttle couldn't take a P4 greater than 3GHz although I expect they would be able to take larger processors now - but it's still worth asking. Don't waste the PCI slot on a parallel port (not a native port on the original shuttle) - you can get a port that plugs into the mobo and screws into the back of the case. Heat was never an issue with the shuttles I played around with. Andrew |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 321905 | 2005-02-07 07:05:00 | article of interest (www.pcworld.co.nz) | Prescott (11) | ||
| 321906 | 2005-02-07 09:38:00 | If you get a 6800GT make sure it will fit in the shuttle. The X800s and so on seem to fit ok. The 3.2Ghz Prescott might heat things up a bit in there, but might be ok. | E|im (87) | ||
| 321907 | 2005-02-08 03:29:00 | the shuttle's have that ICE cooling which seem to work quite well | Prescott (11) | ||
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