Shuttle Form Factor?

[prism]

Are Shuttle barebones PCs Micro-ATX? I'm looking at building a Micro-ATX system and I like Shuttle cases, but I don't want to use the included motherboard. The model I'm looking at is this one.

Thread Moved to SFF, Notebooks, Pre-Built/Barebones PCs
SFF means Small Form Factor, which shuttle is so you'll get better support here.

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[WoodButcher]

nope

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Prism
Are Shuttle barebones PCs Micro-ATX? I'm looking at building a Micro-ATX system and I like Shuttle cases, but I don't want to use the included motherboard. The model I'm looking at is this one.

Shuttle's form factor is smaller than mATX.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: WoodButcher
nope

Winnar with the first reply.

Shuttle cases only take the corresponding mobo (with very very very few, if any, exceptions).

MotionMan (former Shuttle Fan-Boy and former hardware reviewer at Sudhian.com)

 

[Quiksilver]

Meh. I rather save a few bucks and get one of these two.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811163112
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811133045

 

[jjmIII]

Shuttles are ITX. The selection of DIY ITX is growing.....checkout Newegg.

 

[Zap]

Actually most Shuttle systems (except for that $99 one) are DTX.

EDIT: The one the OP linked is mini ITX.

 

[IlllI]

generally shuttle makes their own proprietary motherboards. they are specifically made to fit within their case. you cant just shoehorn something else in there w/o modding of some kind (if at all). its also a bit smaller than m-atx.

and with the more expensive models, shuttle offers a unique, proprietary cooling solution. again, you would not be able to use it on another motherboard that didnt come with it due to the layout of the shuttle motherboard.

for shuttle kpc i think you can use the stock intel heatsink. i seem to recall that they were going to start including their proprietary i.c.e heatsink with them sometime down the road, maybe they already have.

closest in size is dtx form factor, but even then i think the layout is different with shuttle motherboards.

heres a picture of m-atx and dtx side by side http://techreport.com/r.x/dtx-ff/dtx-vs-matx.jpg

 

[prism]

I decided on using an Antec Micro-ATX case. Shuttle didn't offer any AMD barebones system in my price-range that would do what I want.

Too bad, cuz I like their cases 🙁