Shuttle SZ77R5 Review

intresting bit about the pcie port is this what you tried?

"Fitting the GTX 680 into the case is very easy, there is plenty of room. The power connectors are on the top of the card and we found that the drive bay has to be removed, or lifted up, before the power leads can be connected or removed. The SZ77R5 has two PCIe slots, a full size x16 and a smaller x4 one. When a double width graphics card is installed the x4 slot becomes unusable. We have tried using a riser cable to make use of this slot, but there is not enough height available without it bending the motherboard alarmingly with any commercially available riser. We think it would be possible to build a very low profile riser to get around this and there is room above the cooling to potentially mount another PCIe card so something for Shuttle to think about in the future?"

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yea thats what I tried. Or something very similar. That one might be slightly shorter, but u really need the cable connecting just above the slot.
Do you have a link to that one?
 
SimonMaltby said:
yea thats what I tried. Or something very similar. That one might be slightly shorter, but u really need the cable connecting just above the slot.
Do you have a link to that one?
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hi, of all the ones i have looked at the riser part seems quite small on these in comparison to the others, its quite expensive $50 or so
also can only find an american site
http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pe-flex4-p-757.html
do you think with the low profile you might get away with one?

edit shipping's stupid money


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seem to be avalibe from a uk site here

http://www.hytec-electronics.co.uk/ADEX/ADEXRisers/adexRisers.aspx PE-FLEX-4-G2 other types available

£40 + what ever length you want uk site so shipping should be better
 
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Not worth even considering at that sort of cost - but good find thanks
I'm thinking I might build one myself. Its just wires and pcb there are no components required.
 
Regarding the use of electrolyte capacitors in the audio section,this is not necessarily a bad choice as many PSUs and hifi separates systems use them(even high end ones) and these can last for years. The quality is more important.

If you look at this review of the 500W Shuttle PC63J,it uses electrolyte capacitors:

http://translate.google.com/transla...i-syskeyasia-97332.html?garpg=8#content_start

It actually seems to be quite a decent PSU for it size and uses good quality capacitors from Teapo and Nippon Chemi-Con.

However,CapXon is a lower cost brand which does not have a good reputation,on electronics forums, and tends not to tolerate heat that well. They tend to be OK if the ventilation is good.
 
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