Shuttle Barebone XS35GTA V3 Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2012-07-27

The XS35GTA V3 barebone from Shuttle is a successful combination between the Atom Dual Core D2700 CPU and the Radeon HD 7410 GPU, which features 160 Stream Processing Units, on 40nm. With the system we can play the latest 1080P videos, browse the Internet, chat or even game older titles. Thanks to the low power consumption and its fanless chassis, we can leave it overnight or even 24/7 to function as a seedbox or for performing other activities.

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A Closer Look Part III

The slim power button has incorporated the HDD activity and Power LEDs:

 

 

 

To go inside of the barebone, we have to remove one screw which frees the two lateral covers; it is pleasing to see that now we have not one, but two SODIMM slots that we can use and the PCB design is kept clean enough:

 

 

 

The PCB components are covered with a large heatsink, which is linked to another small heatsink by a heatpipe:

 

 

 

Near the two memory slots, we can find the ITE IT8731F sensor chip:

 

 

 

A Realtek RTL-8188CE Wi-Fi card is preinstalled into the slot and is equipped with a single antenna:

 

 

 

The CMOS settings are kept saved with the help of the CR2032 3V battery, packaged individually, and connected to the motherboard with a short cable:

 

 

 

The card reader, as the extra USB 2.0 port, is located on a separate PCB:

 

 

 

 

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