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48 reviews
Mar, 2025
alaTest has collected and analyzed 48 reviews of Shuttle K-Series K48. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Desktops for all reviews.
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Shuttle K-Series K48 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.
Expert review by (v3.co.uk)
Excellent build quality at an affordable price
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Installs iPC 10.5.6 in less than 30 minutes. Smokes any macks i've used. Had to use wireless adapter as I couldn't get ethernet drivers to work (windows is fine, don't worry). (Bad grammar on purpose)
Works great, very quiet, fast components ; I have XP and OSX on this and both FLY with a 2.5ghz processor and 2GB of ram. This was a budget build for around three-fitty dollarz. I definitely would purchase again for a budget build
Not enough USB ports, buy a hub. That's the only reason for 4 stars
Consumer review (newegg.com)
It is quite but the fan in the power supply need to be better quality.
I've only had it for a week, but out of the box it works ; I was very easy to set up and new windows were loaded with in 30 minutes
No expansion slot avaliable
Consumer review (newegg.com)
just small portable
just got today from newegg, there is no ice cooler. normal fan screw dont fit on motherboard. i have other one xpc shuttle, got from auction. no problems ; this is really junk. don know how to fix my fan on this system
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Here's what I built, anyway: 119.99 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 - Item #: N82E16819115206 41.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB - Item #: N82E16822136075 129.99 - Shuttle K48 Black Barebone - Item #: N82E16856101074 23.99 - LG 22X DVD±R DVD...
Easy (mostly) assembly ; Booted first try ; Very fast with relatively modest components IMO ; Made the mother in law happy ; This is my second review. My first was somewhat disparaging as I had just disassembled the entire box to get the motherboard...
Heat sink fitting not trivial ; Could have used a second SATA cable and an extra SATA power connector ; The motherboard has inadequate support beneath the processor and as a result it flexes just enough when you are trying to snap in those weird...
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Would like to have one slot for a video card.
Quick easy setup. Works great with MythTV (MythBuntu) as a front/back end
The fan gets a little noisy at times
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Add CPU, RAM, HD and DVD for good low cost system for home/office.
Since it has audio, network, video, etc built in for such a low price, it's great for putting together a computer for people who you know are not going to be changing their system. In fact, you can't change it except for the CPU and RAM
You can't change anything, there's no slots. This isn't a major drawback initially, however onboard audio/video/network does sometimes fail, and if it does you have no recourse. Also, sometimes certain programs may not play well with your onboard...
Consumer review (newegg.com)
I RMA'd and am going with another Shuttle SG33G5B barebones since I had such good luck with the first one I purchased. Don't be cheap spend the extra money up front I wish I did
This little guy si quiet, sleek, and easy to assemble and thats about it
Unable to support dual displays with extended desktop in XP, no ICE genie cooling system so I had to purchase an aftermarkey cpu fan whch was almost to large for the case and limited me adding a second HDD. It just seemed like one problem after another...
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Used an Intel E2200, seagate 500gb sata HD, 2 gb memory, liteon sata dvd burner, sata power splitter.
Well made; typical components installed with no extra effort. Can specific 256mb video in bios. No surprises at all.
Few cons,, a little high pitched sound from the power supply. Need to buy molex-to-sata power (or 1 sata to 2) cable, as only 1 sata connector there.
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Dropped in an Intel Celeron dual core (E1400, comes with a stock HS/Fan that's low profile enough to fit nicely in here, only 65w so it won't burden the small 100w PSU, runs pretty cool, i.e., in the 30-35c range), 2GB Crucial RAM, and a basic IDE...
Size, efficient, reasonably good cable management, has what you need for a basic Office/Internet box.
PCI would have been nice (knew it didn't have it, tho, so don't seriously count it against it) and even just one USB port on the front panel would have been nice, too.