gaming shuttle?

[Andr3w]

I don;t have much room at all, but im wanting a gaming rig, laptops arevery expensive (although havent ruled it out) for a gaming rig, so i thought about a shuttle

Is it possible to have a decent gaming rig run in a shuttle? As you can tell i know nothing about them

Around £600..(just for the shuttle)

 

[Stellios]

Shuttle XPC SP35P2 Pro Black Barebones System Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad (LGA775) £266.99
(£313.71) £266.99
(£313.71)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £134.99
(£158.61) £134.99
(£158.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250620A) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Pioneer DVR-115DBK 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)

Total: £642.60

The shuttle, whilst expenssive should be able to handle the majority of technology that comes out, it can take a dual slot GFX card, and supports up to 8GB RAM should you want to add more. Its also compatible with the new Intel 'Wolfdale' CPUs so Id guess itll retian its compatibility as long as Intel dont change their socket design.

Is it possible to have a decent gaming rig run in a shuttle? As you can tell i know nothing about them

Yes, more than possible. Mine is currently as follows:-

Shuttle SP35P2
Core2Quad Q6600
4GB (4 x 1GB) 6400 OCZ RAM
8800GTS 640mb
DVD-RW
320GB SATA Seagate Barracude 16mb
80GB SATA Maxtor DiamondMax
80GB IDE Maxtor DiamondMax

 

[Andr3w]

thanks for that, what are they like to build, hard?

Do they not overheat much etc? What about PSU's?

 

[matt1]

When you buy a shuttle you get the case, motherboard and PSU. PSU is rated at 400W, this should be adequate but I was expecting something a bit bigger but if Stellios' system runs fine then... who's to argue.

 

[Tute]

The shuttle, whilst expenssive should be able to handle the majority of technology that comes out, it can take a dual slot GFX card, and supports up to 8GB RAM should you want to add more. Its also compatible with the new Intel 'Wolfdale' CPUs so Id guess itll retian its compatibility as long as Intel dont change their socket design.

Which they are doing fairly soon. Nehalem is the new architecture due later this year/early next and will feature a socket change due to changes in the design of the chip.

 

[mOdO]

Stellios, whats the speed of your fans. Because when i play the odd games my fans go mad.