shuttle thoughts

miinkiemiinkie UK
edited March 2004 in Hardware
Thinking of building a shuttle. Main use will be general home use and video editing.

The specs will be:

1. Shuttle SB75G2 Black P4 Mini Aluminium Barebone system c/w Intel 875P DDR 333/400 Dual Channel + 800FSB + 8xAGP + 6ch. Audio + Serial ATA + LAN + Firewire
£ 187.94

2. 512MB DDR PC3200 400MHz + Alum. heat spreader (branded Geil)
£ 52.29

3. Intel® Pentium® 4 3.2GHz (800MHz) Hyper threading 512K cache Retail inc.Fan (3 year warranty)
£ 187.94

4. LG GSA-4081B 8x DVD Beige +/-R/RW IDE Retail
£ 81.66

5. 1.44MB 3.5" FDD Sony Black
£ 7.05

6. 160 GB Maxtor 7200rpm 8MB cache IDE ATA133 (6Y160P0)
£ 70.44

7. Powercolor ATI Radeon 9800SE 128MB DDR 8x AGP + TV-out + DVI Retail
£ 128.08

This is first P4 sys i'm building. Are there any issues i should be looking out for? Are there any hardware compatibility issues with the stuff i have chosen?

TIA Miinkie

ps: anywhere in UK i can get any of the above items cheaper? The prices quoted are from microdirect.com

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    Looks good. Just make sure you plenty of cooling for one of those Minis. They got hot with so little airflow.
  • miinkiemiinkie UK
    edited March 2004
    any thoughts on approp cooling in shuttle case. Proc will be running at stock or slightly OC'd
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    Couple thoughts:
    Dual CPUs are ideal for video editing. You may want to go for a dual Athlon system instead of the P4

    Shuttle's SFF PCs are excellent, but their desktop boards are only so-so at best. (Just a heads up in case you might be considering one as an alternative to the XPC)

    The main problem that they have as far as cooling goes is a lack of intake area, as far as I can tell. The fan they have should be more than sufficient for that little case, but there just isn't any way for the air to get in. If you added a couple of blowholes to it, cooling would be the least of your worries.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited March 2004
    Unless you plan on modding that 9800SE into a 9800 I recommend getting either a 9600XT or 9800 Pro (according to budget). I'm also not a fan of GeiL ram. If you can get some Buffalo ram it would be a much better buy, but I'm not sure of the availability in the UK
  • madmatmadmat
    edited March 2004
    The 875 based shuttle has big mesh side inserts that are capable of flowing more air than that fan is capable of requiring so that isn't much of a factor any longer.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2004
    Oh, I just noticed... you'll want 2 sticks of ram.
  • miinkiemiinkie UK
    edited March 2004
    Al_Capown wrote:
    Unless you plan on modding that 9800SE into a 9800 I recommend getting either a 9600XT or 9800 Pro (according to budget). I'm also not a fan of GeiL ram. If you can get some Buffalo ram it would be a much better buy, but I'm not sure of the availability in the UK

    cant find anything on the 9800se or xt on ATI website
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited March 2004
    I was commenting on what you have in your wishlist. See the SE at the end of it? That's not a real Radeon 9800. It's a crippled one and you definetly shouldn't buy it, unless you can confirm that it will be able to be modded into a Radeon 9800 Pro. So my suggestion is to buy a Radeon 9800 Pro or a Radeon 9600 XT.

    Here's the 9600 XT : http://buy.ati.com/shopati/product.asp?category=AP&part%5Fno=100%2D437100+US&find%5Fcategory=AP&find%5Fdescription=Products&find%5Fpart%5Fdesc=&country=USA
  • teflemingtefleming
    edited March 2004
    You can check my specs in my sig. Full Load max temp is 46C (at stock.) I've OCed it to 10*200 where it maxed at 49C. I haven't heard of anyone who is running an XPC at stock who found the cooling inadequate.

    I love my shuttle! Just make sure if you're buying one now, that it comes with the 250w SilentX PSU, I've been told it is yielding lower temps by ~3C. Also, I haven't heard of any problems (power-related) with the new PSU and the AIWs.
  • miinkiemiinkie UK
    edited March 2004
    Thanks guys. Now to go a-shopping. :vimp:
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