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$ 199.99 .... Shuttle SN68SG2 AMD Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7025 2 x 240Pin GeForce 7 Series glamor small form factor Black XPC Barebone

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$ 99.99 .... Net after rebate + Free shipping.

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Detailed Description

FORM FACTOR
Shuttle Form Factor
PROCESSOR
AMD Sempron?/ Athlon? 64 / Athlon? 64 X2
CHIPSET
NVDIA GeForce7025/nForce?630a chipset
MEMORY
2 x 240 pin DDR2 DIMM Slots, 2GB per Slot(Max.4GB)
Support DDR2 533/667/800 Dual Channel, Unbuffered RAM
VGA
Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series
Shader model 3.0 vertex processor
Shader model 3.0 pixel processor
NVIDIA CineFX 3.0 architecture
NVIDIA Intellisample AA technology
DirectX 9 Support
AUDIO
Realtek ALC888, 7.1HD Audio
High-performance 103sB SNR quality
Playback sampling rates up to 96KHz
ETHERNET
MARVELL 88E1116
10/100/1000 LAN PHY
IEEE1394 (FireWire)
TI TSB43AB22A
Complies with 1394a OCHI specification revision 1.0
Support 400Mb/s, 200Mb/s, 100Mb/s data transfer rate
STORAGE INTERFACE
(2) 3.0Gb/s bandwidth SATA II
(1) Ultra DMA/100 IDE channel
ONBOARD CONNECTORS
(1) 4-pin CPU fan connector
(1) 3pin North Bridge fan connector
(1) ATX main power connector
(1) ATX12V main power connector
(1) ATA133 bus master IDE connector
(2) Serial ATA connectors
(1) Floppy connector
(2) 2x5 pin USB 2.0 header
(1) PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse header
(1)AUX_in header
(1)Optical SPDIF in/out header
(1)CIR header
(1)Parallel port header
FRONT PANEL
(2) USB 2.0 ports
(1) Mic In
(1) Earphone Out
(1) mini FireWire 400
BACK PANEL
(1) PCI-E x16 slot
(1) PCI Slot
(1) D-sub
(4) USB 2.0 ports

would a full sized video card fit in one of these? Like the PNY 9600GT from Amazon that was just on sale?

Tia.

Looks like a good deal. The only bad thing I see is no DVI....

Anyway, whats the best CPU deal out there for this? I just found FAR NVDA DDR2 memory for it from Microcenter!

Couldn't resist, ordered one to replace my old Shuttle XPC SK41G. The PSU of the old Shuttle was replaced once, otherwise not bad.

Correct me if I'm wrong but all this needs is an operating system HD and Video card to get running?

also, it comes with its custom heatsink, so you can just get an oem cpu, and don't forget you need an optical drive too

I picked one up last night from the Frys in Roseville, California. I already had an AMD BE-2300 CPU and 1GB of memory from an earlier Frys deal. I put it together and installed Ubuntu 8.04. So far, I am very pleased. I plan to use it mainly as a SageTV client and it has plenty of power for that.

The case is so small my wife might not even notice a new toy in my office...

Steve

So from what everyone has said here this is what you will need to get a working machine:
1 operating system
2 HD
3 Video card
4 processor (amd socket am2)
5 ddr2 memory
6 keyboard
7 mouse

WOW thats allot of extras

I think it is a very good system for the price since it includes video, gigabit ethernet, firewire, and 7.1 channel audio onboard.

estpolis said:you don't have to get a video card if you don't need one. here's a quick break down
1. o/s get free ubuntu or xp you-know-where-to-get-it-free
2. hdd, cheapo hdd from recent st4ples deal $30ish
3. use on-board
4. cheapest oem from new3gg around $50ish
5. weekly deal from frys/outpost for $25ish after rebate
6, 7 go get some really cheapo from your local garage sale

You missed Optical drive