Shuttle Launches New XH610G2 4.7-Litre XPC Barebone Series Mini-PC

[GFreeman]

Shuttle is expanding its XPC Barebone range with the new XH610G2, a compact Mini-PC in a 4.7-liter format (dimensions: 25 × 20 × 9.5 cm). The device offers outstanding flexibility because it's possible to integrate either two PCI-Express cards in a single-slot format or one dual-slot card. Thanks to a PCIe-x16-5.0 and a PCIe-x1-3.0 slot, users can customize the Mini-PC in a variety of ways and add powerful components.

The XH610G2 supports Intel Core desktop processors of the 12th, 13th and 14th generation (LGA1700) and offers a solid performance base with up to 96 GB of DDR5 RAM. Graphics and multimedia connectivity is guaranteed by two HDMI 2.0b ports and one DisplayPort 1.4. A 2.5 Gbit/s Ethernet port and a 1 Gbit/s Ethernet port is available to provide a network connection.



Inside the chassis there's space for a 2.5-inch SATA drive (HDD or SSD) and three M.2 slots: Two in an M.2-2280 format (for SSDs) and an M.2-2230 slot that can be used for Wi-Fi or 4G modems, for example. With its ability to operate at temperatures ranging from 0 to 50°C, the XH610G2 is ideally suited to demanding environments.

The integrated 180-watt power supply unit provides a reliable supply of power and can if necessary be supplemented with an optional second power supply unit (90 or 180 watts) so that particularly power-hungry scenarios can also be catered for. There is also the option to expand the device with a COM port and a VGA port.

These versatile features and connectivity make the Shuttle XPC Barebone XH610G2 suitable for lots of different applications - from video-wall presentations and graphics workstations, surveillance and checkout systems to network and industrial applications. It can even be used as a compact gaming system.

The XPC Barebone XH610G2 is available right now.



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[Chaitanya]

Quite late for LGA1700 based system.

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

I am now convinced that they are taking bribes from intel.

They stopped offering AMD compatible system almost 20 years ago.

what a shame, they had some nice small FF systems.

 

[freeagent]

I literally thought they died.

 

[Chrispy_]

The 75W limitation on the GPU limits it to a 3050 6GB at most, which is barely faster than the 780M you can find in much much smaller NUC-like devices from Minisforum, Beeling, Asus, Acer, Gigabyte, etc.

Having the flexibility of a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot and room for a dual-slot card is pointless if you can't power anything worth putting in there, and there are variants of those NUC-like mini-PCs that use laptop 4060 GPUs that absolutely outclass the heck out of this at 1/4 the physical size.

If Shuttle had released this product three years ago it might have made more sense. Ryzen 6000-series and 7000-series variants from the last couple of years with RDNA2/RDNA3 and DDR5 have basically killed this concept off from the low end, whilst 40-series mobile dGPU adoption from the usual competitors makes this a dead-end from premium end of the market.

Edit:.
I can't find a price anywhere for this thing, not even an MSRP.

Looking at just Minisforum (since the last several NUC-likes I've bought have been from them) the low-end iGPU models with 680M are dirt cheap as complete 16GB/512GB systems, cheaper than just the IntelCPU and RTX 3050 you'd want to put into this Shuttle, so not including the cost of this Shuttle barebones at all. At the other end, there's something like this that has a Ryzen9 and 6650M which a good 50% faster than the fastest slot-powered (75W) dGPU you can buy right now. https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/1E5CA984-DDF5-4BCD-B6DD-1099C17C8EE1

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

I literally thought they died.

I honestly dont know what happened to them.

I jumped to the SFF in early 2000's thanks to their amazing XPC barebones.

I was addicted to them.

But suddenly, they dropped all their AMD models, only offered Intel and then stopped innovating.

Really weird and even weirder that they are still around.

 

[Chrispy_]

I honestly dont know what happened to them.

I jumped to the SFF in early 2000's thanks to their amazing XPC barebones.

I was addicted to them.

But suddenly, they dropped all their AMD models, only offered Intel and then stopped innovating.

Really weird and even weirder that they are still around.

What killed Shuttle for me was that tiny SFF cases started competing with Shuttle XPC systems using off-the-shelf mITX motherboards. Dropping AMD in the late 2000's was understandable, AMD back then were like the Intel of 2023 - underwhelming and insanely power-hungry. We had multiple major missteps from AMD that only got worse in the 2010's as the Faildozer architecture set AMD back another five years. Core2 was amazing, and it was replaced by Nehalem, which was also amazing, and then we got Sandy Bridge which started about eight generations of fantastic CPUs. AMD literally had nothing compelling until Zen arrived in 2017, a good 11+ years after Intel took a huge, commanding lead in the CPU space with Core2. So yeah, I can't blame Shuttle for dropping AMD back then, AMD weren't a good choice for SFF at all.

SFX + MiniITX + Sugo/nCASE/Dan and you suddently have all the advantages of Shuttle XPC with zero downsides; That's what happened to Shuttle and their proprietary case+cooler+motherboard combos.

 

[yfn_ratchet]

I am now convinced that they are taking bribes from intel.

They stopped offering AMD compatible system almost 20 years ago.

what a shame, they had some nice small FF systems.

It wouldn't be below Intel, we know that much thanks to a certain OEM, but to keep it going in this odd niche that, were I to guess, rarely ever sees large returns except for business/education procurements... it's rather odd even for a maliciously anti-competitive company like Intel. Also, this thing is like instantly BTFO'd by the Minisforum 790S7 that dropped earlier and I would argue even the MS-01 (though that's better as a retro-box/packable media server/NAS).

 

[randomTPUreader]

"Available right now" and I can't find a single place in the US that has it for sale. I found the XH510G2 which is the older LGA1200 version for about $400 sans CPU, RAM & storage.
From a value POV these Shuttle boxes are DOA compared to the Minisforum and similar mini-pcs. Get one of those with a decent AMD APU in it and you're set for many everyday computing tasks. Need better graphics than those offer and you're better off building a mini-ITX or micro-ATX based machine anyway if you must have something smallish.
Shuttle was an innovator in the SFF arena 20 years ago but that market has long since left them in the dust as far as I'm concerned.

 

[sLowEnd]

No USB-C ports? lol

 

[Xajel]

No USB-C? And no AM5 option?

 

[oelk]

i just talked to the sales/support and they said they will come up with a new Cube in mid 2025 with Intel "Arrow-Lake" CPU-Generation with Socket LGA1851.
That is what i want.
'XPC slim XH610G2' with only 180W power cord? How is this supposed to work with a CPU that wants 180W?

 

[Chrispy_]

i just talked to the sales/support and they said they will come up with a new Cube in mid 2025 with Intel "Arrow-Lake" CPU-Generation with Socket LGA1851.
That is what i want.
'XPC slim XH610G2' with only 180W power cord? How is this supposed to work with a CPU that wants 180W?

Arrow-Lake is a family of parts, with a range of different TDPs and new models are still being rolled out.

At the moment there are only the 5 K-series SKUs, all with >150W power draw and these are the unlocked, high-power fastest variants but there will be non-K variants for sure, maybe some T-variants 35W and 45W, as well as H-variants designed for larger, socketed 16 and 17" gaming laptops that will definitely use less power than even the current lowest-end U5-245K