Shuttle PC the right choice?

I've had a Shuttle for about 2 years now and I absolutely love it. My model is a SN45G, and I bought it just when 64bit chips were starting to become popular and reasonably priced. The cost difference between a regular sized PC and mine was marginal, and I use it for gaming. Unfortunately, mine was an older model and they still put the AGP slot right beside the edge of the case so you could put a faster video card in with a large fan/heatsink.

This Shuttle you linked to(SN26P) seems like a decent price (for this model anyway.) I tried pricing it by each part separately and it came to over $1300 Canadian.

But I gotta ask, what do you plan to use this computer for? There might be a better solution than to go with this particular setup.

Originally Posted by Elrasiel

Yeah I know and the biggest problem at the moment is that I have no idea if the motherboard has a 64bit driver otherwise I won't make much sense to have a Athlon64 without being able to use it's power.

At this point in time, 64bit means nothing. It doesn't make your chip run faster, and it also means you must run Windows 64bit edition. Not much of a benefit. Windows Vista might change that next year.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

Not entirely correct. I have a 64-bit processor, and I do not run a 64-bit version of Windows.

Oh stupid me, I meant to say that if he wants to run his 64bit drivers. :/

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I really hate to re-iterate this, but there is NO benefit to running XP64. Your chip will not process faster. And, no, there is no stablilty increase. This is due to the fact that most 64bit drivers are fairly new and untested. The OS might be stable, but that certainly gets flushed if shitty drivers are installed. The 64bit aspect isn't what makes it run faster, it allows the chip more address more memory or RAM. 32-bit has a limitation of 4GB of RAM while 64-bit is limited to (the low, low number of) 17,179,869,184 GB.

The Best Buy website even states that the motherboard has a limit of 2GB of RAM. On top of this, you ARE lucky if you can find drivers for certain things. This includes everyday items such as digital cameras and camcorders, WiFi cards and all sorts of things. If the manufacturer hasn't made 64bit drivers, you're hooped. Is that really all worth the hassle for... literally nothing?

But back on topic...

That is a reasonable price for that setup. I would pick it up if you are willing to pay a little extra for the (lack of) size of that little powerhouse.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.