Thinking about a Shuttle mATX barebones system..

[jlee]

I'm planning on building another system in a month or so...looking at this to start with:

Shuttle XPC Barebone System for Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 CPU, Model SK83G

- Specifications -

CPU Support: AMD Socket 754, Athlon 64 HyperTransport
Chipsets: VIA K8M800 / VT8237
Memory: 2x 184-pin DIMM DDR266/333/400
IDE: 2x ATA100, 2x SATA with RAID 0,1
Graphics: UniChrome Pro 3D Graphic Controller
Expansion Slot: 1x PCI, 1x AGP 8X
Audio: Realtek ALC650 6 channels audio
LAN: VIA VT6103 10/100M LAN
Extension Bay: 1x 3.5", 1x 5.25"
Front Panel Ports: 2x USB2.0, IEEE1394, Audio Ports
Back Panel Ports: 4x USB2.0, IEEE1394, LAN, 2x PS/2, Audio Ports, VGA, COM, S-Video
Power Supply: 240W (PFC)
Dimensions: 11.8" x 7.9" x 7.3"

Does anyone know of these are easily overclockable? If not, I might have to piece together my own mATX system..I'm also not sure how well that 240w power supply will hold up..

 

[ts3433]

The thing might be like those older K8T800s that didn't have AGP/PCI locks and overclocked poorly. Regardless, overclocking in an SFF case (probably even in the slightly larger Antec Aria) might not be advisable, because you have less space to install a cooler and less room to dissipate heat.

[[I've been speaking from conjecture and other things I've heard; I don't have any experience with small boxes like these.]]

 

[jlee]

I might just go for another mid-tower..I'm really liking the small cases, though.