Shuttle SH170R6 XPC Cube Barebone Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2015-12-07

Shuttle has released the latest XPC cube Barebone, SH170R6 based on a proven formula, which contains the R chassis, a three-heatpipe cooling system, one 300W power supply but also an updated motherboard which comes with the latest H170 chipset from Intel. We can install any Skylake processor with the single exception that we should not exceed the recommended TDP of 95W; several expansion options are available like the PCI-E x16 3.0 slot for mounting video cards (even dual slot configuration), one PCI-E x4 3.0 slot, but also one M.2 2280 along with a Mini-PCIe Half-Size slot. Optional accessories can be also purchased like the 3.5’’ to 2.5’’ adapter, the backpanel COM port adapter for RS232 serial interface, the WLN-C Wireless kit or the PC63J 500W PSU which allows installation of even beefier video cards.

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Product Specifications

Chassis

 

Black aluminium chassis

Front panel: glossy plastic with horizontal line textures

Storage bays: 1 x 5.25" (external), 2 x 3.5" (1x internal, 1x external)

Using the optional accessory PHD3 two 2.5" drives

can be installed into one 3.5" bay.

Front doors for I/O ports and storage drives

Kensington Security Slot at the back panel (also called K-Slot

or Kensington lock) as a part of an anti-theft system

Dimensions: 33.2 x 21,6 x 19.8 cm (LWH), 14.2 litre

Weight: 3.5 kg net / 5.0 kg gross

 

Mainboard / Chipset

 

Shuttle "FH170", Shuttle Form Factor

proprietary design for XPC cube Barebone SH170R6

Dimensions: 270 x 195 mm

Chipset: Intel® H170 Chipset

(Intel® DH82H170 PCH, code name "Sunrise Point")

Platform Controller Hub (PCH) as Single-Chip-Solution

Solid Capacitors for sensitive areas provide excellent

heat resistance for enhanced system durability

 

BIOS

 

AMI BIOS, SPI Interface, 32 MBit Flash-ROM with SPI interface

Supports PnP, ACPI 3.0, Hardware Monitoring

Supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

Supports boot up from external USB flash memory

 

Power supply

 

Built-in 300 Watt mini switching power supply (Shuttle PC61J)

AC input voltage: supports 100~240V, 50~60 Hz

80 PLUS® Bronze compliant: the PSU provides at least

82/85/82% of efficiency at 20/50/100% of load.

Active PFC circuit (Power Factor Correction)

ATX main power connectors: 2x10 and 2x2-pin

Graphics power connector: 6-pin

Other connectors: 4x SATA, 2x Molex, 1x Floppy

 

Operation System

 

This system comes without operating system.

It is compatible with Windows 10 / 8 / 8.1 / 7 and Linux.- 64 bit.

Note on Windows 7 see [7]

 

Processor support

 

Socket LGA 1151 (H4) supports the sixth generation of

Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3, Pentium and Celeron processors

Maximum supported processor power consumption (TDP) = 95W

Codename "Skylake", 14nm process technology, up to 8 MB of L3 cache

Not compatible with Intel Xeon E3 V5 processors with Socket LGA1151 and processors with the older Socket LGA 1150.

Does not support the unlock-function of Intel K-Series processors.

The processor integrates PCI-Express, memory controller

and the graphics engine on the same die (performance features

depending on processor type)

Please refer to the support list for detailed processor support information at global.shuttle.com.

 

Processor cooling

 

Shuttle I.C.E. (Integrated Cooling Engine)

Advanced I.C.E. Heatpipe technology with 3 pipes

Temperature controlled 92 mm fan

SilentX cooling and noise reduction technology with Active Airflow

 

Memory support

 

4 x 288-pin slots

Supports DDR4-2133 memory (PC4-17066) at 1.2V

Supports 2+2 Dual Channel mode

Supports max. 16 GB per DIMM, maximum total size of 64 GB

 

Integrated Graphics

 

The features of the integrated Intel HD graphics function

depend on the processor type used.

Supports DirectX 12, OGL 5.x, OCL 2.x

The PC features three digital video outputs [6]:

- HDMI v1.4 (supports 1080p/60 and 2160p/30)

- 2x DisplayPort v1.2 (support 1080p/60 and 2160p/60)

Supports displays with 4K Ultra HD resolution at 3840 x 2160 [3]

Supports three independent FullHD displays with the integrated graphics function

Supports more displays in combination with a discrete graphics card [2]

Supports Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDCP content protection

Supports multi-channel digital audio over the same cable

Maximum shared memory of 512 MB

 

PCIe Expansion Slots

 

1x PCI-Express x16 v3.0 slot (PEG, for graphics cards only)

1x PCI-Express x4 v3.0 slot

This XPC supports dual-slot (double-width) graphics cards -

in this case the second PCI-Express slot will be occupied.

Graphics power connector: 6-pin

M.2 slot

The M.2 2280 BM slot provides the following interfaces:

- PCI-Express Gen. 3.0 X4 with up to 32 Gbps Data Transfer Speed

- SATA v3.0 (max. 6 Gbps)

- USB 2.0

It supports M.2 cards with a width of 22 mm

and a length of 30, 42, 60 or 80 mm (type 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280).

Supports M.2 SATA SSDs, M.2 PCIe SSDs and other M.2 cards

Mini PCIe Slot

Mini-PCIe Half-Size slot

with PCIe 2.0 and USB 2.0 interface

supports one optional Wireless Network (WLAN) card

 

7.1-Channel HD audio

 

7.1 channel High Definition Audio with Realtek ALC892 codec

Analog: line-out (7.1-ch), line-in, microphone, AUX input (onboard)

Digital Audio via HDMI and DisplayPort outputs

 

Gigabit LAN

 

Intel i219LM PHY connected to the MAC of the processor

Supports 10 / 100 / 1.000 MBit/s operation

Supports WAKE ON LAN (WOL)

Supports network boot by Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)

 

SATA connectors

 

The mainboard provides six Serial-ATA 3.0 interfaces, max. 6 Gbps supported

4x Serial ATA connector onboard

1x External Serial ATA (eSATA) connector at the back panel

1x M.2 slot onboard for flash memory cards

Supports Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST, Raid 0/1/5/10, JBOD)

 

Front Panel Connectors and Buttons

 

Microphone input

Headphone output (line-out)

2x USB 3.0

2x USB 2.0 (1x Fast charge port with up to 2A) [4]

Power button

Power indicator (blue LED)

Hard disk drive indicator (yellow LED)

 

Back Panel Connectors

 

HDMI v1.4

2x DisplayPort v1.2 [5]

6x USB 3.0

GigaBit LAN (RJ45)

External Serial ATA (eSATA 6 Gb/s)

7.1-ch Audio line-out (2x rear/front, bass/center, surround/back)

Audio Line-in

Clear CMOS button

Optional: serial port RS-232 (Accessory: H-RS232)

3x perforation for optional WLAN antennas

 

Other Onboard Connectors

 

2x USB 2.0 (2x 5-pin)

1x RS232 (2x 5-pin) for optional accessory H-RS232

2x fan connectors (4 pin), one connector is occupied

Low Pin Count header (LPC, 2x 10 pin, 2 mm pitch size)

Occupied front connectors: USB 3.0, USB2.0, audio, power buttons, LEDs

 

Included Accessories

 

Multi-language XPC Installation Guide (EN, DE, FR, ES, JP, KR, SC, TC)

32/64-bit driver disk

2x Serial ATA cables

AC Power Cord (with protective-earth contacts)

Heatsink Compound

Protector cap for the CPU socket (do not use if heat-pipe or fan is mounted)

Bag with screws

 

Optional Accessories

 

PHD3: 3.5" to 2.5" adapter

H-RS232: Backpanel COM port adapter for RS232 serial interface

WLN-C: Wireless LAN 802.11n module with external antennas

PC63J: 500W power supply, 80 PLUS® Silver

 

Environmental Spec

 

Operating temperature range: 0~35°C

Relative humidity range: 10~90% (non-condensing)

 

Certifications / Compliance

 

EMI: FCC, CE, BSMI, C-Tick

Safety: ETL, CB, BSMI

Other: RoHS, ErP 2013 Lot 3, Energy Star 5.2

 

Conformity

 

This device is classed as a technical information

equipment (ITE) in class B and is intended for use in

the living room or office. The CE-mark approves the

conformity by the EU-guidelines:

- EMV-guideline 89/336/EWG electromagnetic tolerance

- LVD-guideline 73/23/EWG use of electric devices

within certain voltage-limits

 

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