CorsaLad
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anyone got any knowledge of these? if u have any information would be great because i'm looking into buying one!
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james 
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Munchie
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fook is it?
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Prometheus
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small PC. The case is a cube shape probably no more than a foot square. It has a built in motherboard, usually with onboard sound and gfx. Depending on where you buy them, all you need to do is add RAM and a processor. Maybe a hard drive. You can have a much better system than a laptop, for half the price, and they are portable ( but not like a laptop).
Also check out getting a TFT screen ( 15" or 17" )
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l33t corsa
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I know about them... what do you want to know?
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CorsaLad
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yeh i was considering buying a laptop. but have changed my mind. i know a bit about computers but i want a sort of in-depth guide about creating a shuttle.
cheers
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yeah prometheus nailed it, does need a hard drive, useful machines for going round mates houses and playing games, or LAN parties etc, Laptop works also, I take my 2ghz laptop to my friends house, hookup a keyboard and mouse to it and play games, easy.
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l33t corsa
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You buy a shuttle as a barebones system, basically it comes with the case, psu, heatsink iirc and motherboard. Everything else you need to buy yourself...
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Mikeboy
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here's my beast
SN41G2 - im loving it
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CorsaLad
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mikeboy = where did u buy it from, or did u create it yourself?
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Mikeboy
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I got it from microdirect.co.uk - hurry , they're on offer again this weekend only - £233 inc vat
I got the cpu and ram from komplett.co.uk. Im running it on the onboard video at the mo, which isn't too bad. I'll probably get a graphics card over the Summer 
I'm well impressed with it. Only thing is the PSU fan is a bit annoying, - but Im changing that for a silent (14dB) one soon.
And it's the nforce2 chipset, with dual channel ddr. There's some issues with certain types of Ram when using it with the onboard video apparantly. But Twinmos is what most ppl recommend, and Im having no problems with it .
XP2600+ /333
2 x 512 Twinmos pc2700
80 gig 8 meg WD HD
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CorsaLad
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so what exactly do u get for £233. sorry about this mate!
if i was to select what i wanted eg cdrw/dvd etc would microdirect build it for me?!
oh and whats the usual price instead of £233
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Mikeboy
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I'm not sure, it's not a hugggge drop, when I got mine at the end of March I paid £243
I don't think MD would build it, you get it all in a nice sealed box... I may have seen somewhere tho, may have been overclockers.co.uk where they sometimes fit bits for you. Somewhere like overclockers.co.uk - but I've heard lots of ppl have had problems with oc.co.uk - when trying to return goods.
The Shuttle comes with the case (obviously lol) , the psu, the mobo, onboard graphics, onboard lan, firewire, usb2 ports, all the fans, (includes heatsink and thermal stuff too- so no need to buy cpu as a retail package).
All you need to add to make a fully working system is the HD , cpu and ram. Which is good as there's no hurry for to buiy a graphics card - with the prices dropping as they are.
See the specs here http://us.shuttle.com/specs2.asp?pro_id=163
There's linkage to some reviews too from there
[Edited on 18-04-2003 by Mikeboy]
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CorsaLad
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cheers mate! its good that u get such a good spec for such a cheap price!
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Super_si
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Besy buying your own bits.
Get the standard case + motherboard, then built it yourself!!
Si
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l33t corsa
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XP2400+ is really good value at the momment in you aren't into overclocking, the barton 2500+ isn't much more either.
I built my own computer, and went a bit overboard with the fans... I'm wating for my new case to arrive, and a zalman for my 9700. Silence here I come 
Mikeboy: What are your temps like?
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Super_si
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2500 whoops 2400 different core altogether.
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Mikeboy
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temp's are quite good at the mo - the 3 sensors, dunno (which are which) report 36,40,41*C at idle. Dunno what it is under strain, can't be much more.
what case have u got l33t ?
[Edited on 18-04-2003 by Mikeboy]
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mr.hankey
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quote:
Originally posted by Super_si
Besy buying your own bits.
Get the standard case + motherboard, then built it yourself!!
Si
You can buy shuttle bits from NASA. I think they're located all over Texas 
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l33t corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Mikeboy
temp's are quite good at the mo - the 3 sensors, dunno (which are which) report 36,40,41*C at idle. Dunno what it is under strain, can't be much more.
what case have u got l33t ?
41C is decent for such a small case
I have a *shudder* Globalwin 802, modded with 4 120mm fans, 31C idle But it sounds like a hoover. I'm swapping it for an Antec SLK3700
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mrempire
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get a hush pc. and build a beawolf cluster muhahaha (www.hushpc.com) awsome little boxes, i currently have a dual proc server atm running Slackware 
[Edited on 19-04-2003 by mrempire]
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Mikeboy
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lol @ hooover
this bloke on ebay is selling the near silent 14 dB Adda fans I was talking about. Works out £20 inc. vat + delivery - and thats from US !
and oooh - 31*C ?! thats pretty impressive !
[Edited on 19-04-2003 by Mikeboy]
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l33t corsa
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31c idle, about 36c load (toast). It's currently an XP2000 (Tbred A) running at 1909mhz (166x11.5). The fan on my northbridge heatsink stopped for some reason, so I had to lower the vdd voltage and so I had to lower the fsb to get stable again 
Nevermind, with my new case I'm trying to keep it as quiet as possible, and then a xp2400 should be going in soon, or a DLTC XP1700, (as they are mental overclockers if I can find one), so I can get some decent overclocks
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Super_si
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Not very funny @ all you wanker
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CorsaLad
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see i have absolutely no knowledge at building pcs so sone of this stuff u are talking about means nothign too me.
would i be better just buying a laptop?!
also whats the difference between mobile and standard pentium chips?
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Super_si
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Stop worrying so much
No way to lap top.
If worse case senario, i could build it for you. Piece piss. 3hours max including OS install and updates
Si
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