Shuttle SD37P2 price question

janesssssy · 27 Nov 2006 at 21:04

I was thinking about this around Xmas time,
Is the price going to come down or is there going to be a better conroe shuttle by then? (basicly is this the best shuttle)

this is the one.
Shuttle XPC SD37P2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Pentium D (LGA775)

thanks

Paramount · 27 Nov 2006 at 21:25

It won't, and theres no plan for any more Conroe shuttles atm as far they've announced.

Biffa · 27 Nov 2006 at 23:25

Paramount said:
It won't, and theres no plan for any more Conroe shuttles atm as far they've announced.

You mean apart from the SD32G2 for under £200 probably.

Apatche64 · 27 Nov 2006 at 23:26

sorry that statement is wrong, there is the sd32g2 and sd32g5 out very soon, these will be slightly inferiour in spec but will also be the smaller shuttle size

janesssssy · 28 Nov 2006 at 18:13

cheers guys,

whats the estimated eta on these?
just thinking although its nice £310 is too pricey for what that shuttle is.

Apatche64 · 28 Nov 2006 at 19:46

suppost to be out now, and will be around the £200 mark

should deffo be out before xmas

Paramount · 28 Nov 2006 at 20:12

I thought everyone knew about them, I made a thread about those half way through October when they were announced!

They've been available to purchase in the UK since the 23rd, but if I were you I'd stump the extra and get the sd37p2:

More power - 400w PSU, can run a 8800GTX no problem
More compatibility - dual slot gfx cards, quad core is confirmed to work, can hold 3 HD's compared to 2
More performance - better chipset; 975X compared to 945, and it'll last longer - has 4 ram slots and it able to support up to 8GB of ram, as compared to 2 slots and only 2gb support.

I'm THAT close to getting one myself, I have an sn21g5 (same size as the sd32g5) but I'm weary about the size, in pictures it looks just a little big for my liking, I'd like to see one in the flesh first. Does anyone have a P or P2 series shuttle AND a G series shuttle you can put side by side and take a pic from a few straight angles please?

cokecan · 29 Nov 2006 at 08:39

why dont ya make a quick mock-up out of paper or somethin

all the dimensions are on the net and then you could see its approx size compared to your G-type

Bond · 30 Nov 2006 at 00:03

Hi Paramount

Do you have a link for the Quad Core support, being a 37P2 owner myself I'd be interested in reading that!

I went from a SB75 to the 37P2 and it was well worth the move. The system is a lot quieter, probably due to MSI 7900GTO with its heatpipe keeping the fan running slow

Paramount · 30 Nov 2006 at 10:34

Sure

I made a cardboard mockup ok the sd37p2, its smaller than i thought, may now go for it. I'll post pics later!

cokecan · 30 Nov 2006 at 11:31

change the stars to s-u-d-h-i-a-n (without the -'s)

Mercutio · 12 Dec 2006 at 16:44

janesssssy said:
cheers guys,

whats the estimated eta on these?
just thinking although its nice £310 is too pricey for what that shuttle is.

Price wise the shuttles arent really THAT bad.

Consider the following:

Good Conroe board = £150ish
Good case = £50+
Average PSU = £50/60
Cables etc = £15-20
Good Heatsink + fan for PSU = £35
Case fans = £10-15

Overall = £310-360

Considering it all comes in a nice small package with cable routing/case tidying etc done for you its not toooo bad

Not talking as a fanboy, this is my first and prob my last shuttle (as want to move back to a more cutting edge spec, new job, more pocketmoney) but its a comparrison that does make some sense.