New P35 Shuttles at Computex!

[erwos]

VR-Zone has the scoop:
http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=5019

Not much to say, since the details are a bit scant, but they should go nicely with the newly-affordable quad-cores.

 

[jpeyton]

Uninspired and bland. Shuttle needs to fire their design crew; their entire SFF lineup has looked the same for the last few years.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Uninspired and bland. Shuttle needs to fire their design crew; their entire SFF lineup has looked the same for the last few years.

IMHO, they shouldn't fix what's not broken. Their design might be bland, but it also works.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: erwos

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Uninspired and bland. Shuttle needs to fire their design crew; their entire SFF lineup has looked the same for the last few years.

IMHO, they shouldn't fix what's not broken. Their design might be bland, but it also works.

A chassis can be functional and look good too.

There's a difference between an elegant Lian-Li and a chintzy RaidMax case, even though they both work.

 

[taisingera]

I'd rather get a standard mATX mobo and case that is cheaper even though it is bigger. If the mobo in the Shuttle dies you need to RMA the board, who knows how long that takes, and you can't even get a mATX mobo as a quick fill in.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: taisingera
I'd rather get a standard mATX mobo and case that is cheaper even though it is bigger. If the mobo in the Shuttle dies you need to RMA the board, who knows how long that takes, and you can't even get a mATX mobo as a quick fill in.

Shuttles are generally known for high quality - they don't up and die quite as much, at least from anecdotal evidence, as some other brands. But, yeah, if you can't handle downtime, that's going to be an issue.

Anyways, there's a list of the new models floating about, and one of them is the high-end beast we were expecting: the SX38P3. Feature list (stolen from here and translated):

[*]Nortbridge Intel X38
[*]Southbridge ICH9R
[*]Sockel 775, Intel® Core? 2 Quad/Extreme, Core? 2 Duo E6000/E4000 Series, Pentium Dual-Core E2000 Series, Celeron 400 Series
[*]Max. 8 GB DDR2 800 (OC to 1066 MHz)
[*]2x PCI-E X16
[*]Gigabit Ethernet
[*]Firewire
[*]SATAII Raid
[*]2x eSATA
[*]8-Channel Audio
[*]8x USB
[*]Fingerprint Scanner
[*]WLAN, Bluetooth
[*]400 Watt PSU

Doesn't list any of the internal port numbers, although I'd guess 3-4 SATA. The PSU is a bit marginal for some of the higher-end SLI configurations, though.