Shuttle has built the DS57U inside a proven chassis, which takes quite little space and succeeds to cool the internal components without the need of extra fans; one of the case laterals is acting like a huge heatsink and in this case it only remains warm even when the system is stressed to the max. Besides the Intel Celeron 3205U, we will also find models on the same platform with the Intel i3-5005U CPU (DS57U3), the Intel i5-5200U CPU (DS57U5) or the Intel i7-5500U CPU (DS57U7).

Our review sample seems to pack quite a punch, despite the fact that it only has two cores based on Broadwell. The new architecture is very efficient and we have got decent performances on both arithmetic and 3D side, so we won’t hesitate to recommend it for light productivity purposes, playing old games, browsing or running multimedia content.

As we have mentioned before, the temperatures are very acceptable during high loads, even when the ambient is a little bit higher during summer time.

The power consumption is also very little since we have measured a total of 21.90W while in IDLE and 43.60W while in Full-Load with one mSATA 128GB installed along with 4GB of RAM and an additional 500GB 2.5'' 7200RPM HDD.

Be careful though when purchasing the SODIMM memory for this unit, since it is only compatible with 1.35V sticks. Plenty of storage can be installed inside the unit too, without counting the external storage we could connect via the available USB ports: we can install a roomy mSATA SSD to boot the OS from and also a high-capacity 2.5’’ drive in the suitable bay for storage purposes.

The device can be well installed behind the office monitor thanks to the VESA mounts, but it also takes very little space on the table if we decide to use the included feet in order to mount it vertically. Also, it is designed to operate 24/7, which makes it suitable for industrial use too.

As negative points we would remind that we would have preferred that all ports would be USB 3.0 and a more modern interface for the UEFI BIOS could have been in order for 2015

The Shuttle DS57U barebone is available online at the moment of the review for about 197 Euros.

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We would like to thank again to Shuttle Europe for making this review possible!