Shuttle SV24

[pelly]

My fiance is sick and tired of using an old 200MHz jaloppie system....so I told her I'd buy her something new....I was browsing through newegg looking at the sweet-looking XPC mini-systems when I saw this deal:

Shuttle SV24 with 800MHz Cyrix CPU : $165!!!

She doesn't do any gaming....only browse the internet, AOL IM, and word documents.....So long as I put in enough memory, this system should be great for her...

I snagged it and a black CDRom/Floppy.......I'll take some pics and let you guys know how things go...

Has anyone here used one of these before? I've read some good reviews....hopefully, it won't suck...

:D

[saturnotaku]

For how your wife-to-be is going to use it, I think you made an excellent choice. Get yourself 256 mb RAM, load up Windows 2000 and she's have a stable, quiet and reasonably fast machine from where she can do everything you described.

So no Radeon 9700 for her then, eh? :D

[pelly]

I was so tempted to opt for a mini-system with an AGP slot....but I knew I'd just cram some insane card in her system and end up using it myself......This way, I know I'll NEVER use her system so she'll always be a happy camper....

:D

[pelly]

I just received the system in the mail, and I spent last night assembling and configuring everything...Overall, I am blown-away by this little system...With 384MB of PC-133 and the Cyrix 800MHz processor, this little box really moves along.

Here's a pic or two showing how incredibly small the system is ( using chap-stick as a reference for size )

:D

http://pubpages.unh.edu/~seanp/PC/Shuttle01.jpg

http://pubpages.unh.edu/~seanp/PC/Shuttle02.jpg

[Matthyahuw]

I love those little things! :D

[netviper13]

Very nice, this new SFF trend really gave me a new outlook on what to do with my old parts when I upgrade. Talk about a decent LAN box, just put my entire current system (except motherboard of course) in an SFF machine based on the nForce2, and it's a perfect LAN box.

[pelly]

True...the upcoming Shuttle mini-system based upon the nForce2 will be an amazing little system...

I am definitely going to pick one of those up and slap something ridiculous like an NV30 ( when available ).....Talk about a killer LAN-box....

:D