Shuttle XS35 GT Barebone PC Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2010-10-27

The XS35 GT Barebone from Shuttle, after equipping it with the necessary hardware, can be used as a media center, little server or seedbox; its main advantages are that it is completely silent and consumes very little power, so we can leave it on 24/7 without caring about the energy costs.

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A Closer Look Continued

The radiator has also a heatpipe on it, colored in the same black color:

 

 

 

Near the HDD data and power connectors, we can see the memory slot, in which we can install either a 1GB or 2GB SODIMM memory module:

 

 

 

The WiFi adapter can be also seen on this side and it is a Realtek RTL8191SE, with the antenna already attached:

 

 

 

The CMOS battery can be found separately, and it is linked to the motherboard with two wires:

 

 

 

The card reader module is also separated from the motherboard:

 

 

 

The frontal USB port is located on a separate little board:

 

 

 

On the opposite side, we can see another large heatsink  that covers the PCB, the optical disk drive connector, along with another heatpipe and a little radiator that helps dissipating the heat more efficiently:

 

 

 

The first component that we can install is the SODIMM memory module; this one must be inserted in a 45-degree angle, and after that it must be pushed carefully down, until it snaps into the locking mechanism (the same installation procedure as notebook/laptop memory installation):

 

 

 

 

Before inserting the 2.5’’ HDD inside the barebone, we must first secure it on the HDD retention plate:

 

 

 

The next step would be to plug in the HDD and secure it further with 3 included little screws:

 

 

 

After the installation is complete, we have to put the covers back and fix the computer on the provided stand:

 

 

 

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