SN27P2 review

[Tute]

Hey, just a shout to say that the review for the new AM2 shuttle is up on Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2788

There doesn't seem to be a mention of release dates, although i'm dreading seeing the price of this one.

 

[cokecan]

that doesnt look to shabby actually. also the support for up to 8gb of ram would be handy if you kept the system for a couple ofyears and had vista etc on it

 

[FrankJH]

wasnt that complimentary though was it - in general I mean.

If you want a shuttle (and as they are relatively speedy in producing them for new chips / chipsets as article states) its better just to wait for conroe edition when it comes out

PS I have a 25P which I think is ideal - but nothing wonderful about this , admittedly mainly because of the cpu itself)

 

[Tute]

wasnt that complimentary though was it - in general I mean.

If you want a shuttle (and as they are relatively speedy in producing them for new chips / chipsets as article states) its better just to wait for conroe edition when it comes out

PS I have a 25P which I think is ideal - but nothing wonderful about this , admittedly mainly because of the cpu itself)

I'm pretty sure the reviewer is basing that advice on the fact that Conroe is going to be a faster processor when it comes out, they have been giving out the same advice with many of the AM2 boards they have reviewed.

 

[FrankJH]

I totally agree with you - all I was saying is there seems little incentive to go AM2 currently esp with high prices of shuttles

 

[stu.artd]

I've been looking at upgrading for a while, I have a Soltek SFF just now, Socket 478 and AGP. I had thouhgt a new SFF was ruled out as too many of the new ones seemed to be coming out without a PCI slot which I consider essential.
I like the look of the SN27P2, a nice looking SFF PC with PCI Express and a PCI slot for my X-Fi soundcard. Hopefully any new shuttle supporting conroe will retain the PCI slot.