A Closer Look - Inside

As per usual, we fully dismantled the barebone to provide you with a look at its internal components. As it seems, Shuttle doesn't utilize any "void warranty" stickers on even the mainboard's screws, which left quite an impression on us. Not that such stickers would stop us if we found any, but they would probably keep most users from taking the unit apart.


A look at the unit's internals without any components installed.


The internals with all the components required for its operation installed.


A general scheme of the mainboard.


The heatpipe-cooling system does its job quite well by keeping CPU temperatures at fairly low levels while producing very little noise.


To install the RAM, you will first have to remove the ODD rack.


The chipset is cooled by a small heatsink.



Three voltage regulators provide power to the CPU. The polymer caps are by CapXon. Not our favorite choice, these caps won't post an issue as polymers can cope with even increased operating temperatures well.


An Intersil ISL95812 is the PWM regulator for the CPU's power circuit.


We spotted two fan headers on the mainboard.


The connections of the front panel PCB.


The mainboard features three SATA III ports and a single PCIe 1x slot.


The battery for the BIOS data has been installed vertically.


Here are a pair of MagnaChip MDU1512 mosfets and the MAX3243C IC that handles the single RS232 port.


The fans are by Apistek, and their model number is SA61O2U (12V, 0.4A). Unfortunately, we couldn't find any details on them online.