Conclusion
To say I have been completely impressed by the Shuttle would be an understatement. All of my initial concerns mentioned in the review introduction have been completely resolved and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed using the system.

Whether using the A64 3200+ or the latest A64 4000+ the system ran flawlessly and noise levels are always exceptionally low, even when running CPU intensive tasks. I’ve been using the system primarily as a media PC and running heavy encoding sessions whilst still watching TV and the system didn’t even blink, it ran completely smooth at all times which is a huge achievement. Additionally I’ve yet to have a system hang or crash when using the Shuttle which is great.

As mentioned earlier in the review the installation of components isn’t an issue and as long as you dont have some extremely tall memory sticks you’ll fit most components in without issue. Obviously due to the design of the system only single slot graphics cards can be used however we’ve tested the fastest most power hungry graphics cards we could find (up to and including a X800XT) of the single slot variety and all ran without a hitch on the standard 240w Shuttle PSU, proving that a high quality PSU is what you need rather than just high wattage.

Add to the above that the system is much quieter than a normal desktop whilst providing excellent performance and you really can’t fault the SN95G. A truly excellent product well worthy of a Driverheaven Gold award.

 

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