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Shuttle SLI XPC ships this month

by Steve Kerrison on 9 September 2005, 00:00

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Just when we thought you couldn't fit any more into a Shuttle, we heard about an XPC with SLI capabilities. Sure enough, one surfaced, and it will be shipping this month.

The SN26P supports AMD processors, single- and dual-core, along with two SATA 3Gbps hard drives, and of course two NVIDIA graphics cards. The original plan was for the SN26P to ship with a pair of Leadtek 6800 Ultras, but then the slightly bigger, but more power friendly G70 came along, so Shuttle delayed shipment to see if they could introduce some GeForce 7800 love into their SLI Shuttle.

Taiwanese news site Digi Times reports that Shuttle will no longer ship any graphics cards with the system "allowing its distributors more flexibility with their SKUs, the company stated." The heatpipe based cooling solution for the tightly packed SN26P doesn't look to be the easiest to install, so will distributors or end users be burdened with the task of installing the cards and their cooling?



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Any word on price? And it says that ‘distibutors’ will be able to configure thier own graphics options- will they let private customers configure their own GFX card in the machine, or will they have to buy them as part of the barebones?
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Any word on price? And it says that ‘distibutors’ will be able to configure thier own graphics options- will they let private customers configure their own GFX card in the machine, or will they have to buy them as part of the barebones?
I'm not sure. The cooling solution looks, the last time I saw it, rather complicated, so maybe it'll just be the distributors putting barebones solutions together.
There was a review in the latest Custom PC of this shuttle and its not cheap - something like £500 without GFX cards and alot more if you buy them fitted.

From what i understand you can buy just the barebones but you have to remove the GFX heatsink / fan and fit the 2x Heatpipe system yourself (thus voiding the warrenty of your GFX cards?)


Really do want one tho, i love my shuttles!
The sn25p was £300 when it came out so i'd expect this to be more, maybe around £400?
When i get home ill dig up the preview and confirm the price they give.