Shuttle XPC Glamor Series SG31G2S

great design, easy to put together. has its own heatsink/fan setup and takes the guesswork out of how the ones that come with Intel processors snap into place.

the mouse stays lit up even when the Shuttle PC is shut down. this seems to be a comon trait amoung the Shuttle G2s. this one has some cosmetic damage where the cover don't line up right with the inner case making it look somewhat shiffed to the right...

great barebone easy build accepts new generation hardware 4gigs memory q6600 cpu vista ultimate gforce 8600 gt

weak power supply

Excellent barebone unit! Supports up to 4GB of DDR2 800. Supports Pentium Ds all the way to Core 2 Quads! It's very fast and I haven't even hooked up a SATA hard drive yet! I installed my extra 7600GT in the PCIe slot and it works fantasically!

Doesn't actually support the Pentium D 805 I had wanted to put in it. It just doesn't boot with it. It's a very nice barebone unit all around though! That's the only problem I've ever had.

This one, probably cause it came with a BIOS dated earlier this year, has quieter fan settings than the earlier one I built. It now uses the same HiPRO power supply as the other XPCs that use them. All XPCs have active PFC for not wasting energy over...

It has a special edition cooler to celebrate Shuttle XPCs being green. It's the same heat pipe but without any nickel coating on the pipes. You call it a special edition model for this year ; I call that saving a few dollars perhaps and not passing on...

Classic 2nd generation silver design. Near perfect layout. Many improvements since my first Shuttle the SS40G. Very slight buzz to power supply fan but still quiet. Overall the system is a work of art and design. Only time fan cranked up was running 2...

Hard to find any silver optical drives. The buttons on the front have to be pushed in far to register, don't remember that on the first gen 2 Shuttle. Long cable for powering the drives is only Molex. It does have a 2 SATA power cable ; it just runs...

Able to pack a 9600gt, e8400, 4gigs of ram, and blu-ray player into a less than 15 minute build. Worked like a charm, first time go. Quiet, small, and surprisingly powerful. I've stress tested it pretty good so the power supply is holding up just fine,...

None so far - this case is too easy to work with. Bios is a little bloated but I guess I'm spoiled. Would really like to see this unit supported in XPC Tools.

This is my third shuttle barebones purchase and the only problem I have had was an over burdened power supply and a friend falling it. This one is perfect, it's running a Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz overclocked to 3.0 GHz so stock cooling is sufficient. No...

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Installation is a snap. The box comes with a nice foldout pamphlet with color pictures, showing exactly how to plug the CPU and memory into the system. An experienced user should be able to fire up this box in less than half an hour. The system is...

It won't make me a sandwich! Actually, documentation is somewhat sketchy compared to previous XPC models. There is absolutely no documentation on BIOS settings, unlike previous models. I had inadvertently underclocked my E6750 (2.66 GHz) processor to a...

Runs very quiet. Like all Shuttles, the layout inside is very well though out and has good airflow for being so compact. Everything recognized on first bootup. Onboard graphics work nice, easily runs @ 1680 x 1050. Instructions are very easy to follow...

Power supply is only 250W, so if you are interested in gaming, you may want to look at the SP35P2-Pro.