Internal musings II
The SB62G2 as seen from the other side, with the floppy port, 4-phase power supply, 20-pin and 4-pin power connectors and floppy port on show. The increasing wattage requirement of top-end CPUs and graphics cards has manifested itself Shuttle specifying a more powerful version of ACHME's PSUs. The SB62G2's is rated at 220w. A relatively healthy 14A is provided for on the critical 12v line. The PSU contains two fans on either side of its brick-like construction.
We come back to the tray that's used to house the various drives. A single 5.25" optical drive or a 3.5" hard drive with brackets can reside at the top. A number of multi-format CD/DVD drives have hit the market recently and it's easy to see how they'll complement any SFF platform. Just below there's space for a single floppy drive or two hard drives. RAIDing SATAs is eminently possible.
The cooler uses a copper bottom to absorb the heat from the CPU and heatpipe technology to pull it away and up to the large cooling area shown on the right-hand side. A Sunon fan, whose RPM is controllable from a decent BIOS, helps channel the absorbed heat out from the back of the SB62G2.
Much like the SN85G4, the SB62G2 (don't you just love code-names ?) requires the use of a molex extender if a powerful AGP card is to be used. In this case it's a Radeon 9800 PRO. The optical drive's cable is feed through from the port, up the side, along two holders with rubberised grips and finally through the gap on the left and on to the drive(s) it'll service. As with most Shuttle XPCs do the internal work first and then mount the drive tray and discrete cards.
A gratuitous shot showing the SB62G2 with a silver floppy drive and 8x DVD-ROM drive. Not exactly the most inspiring, stylish combination.
Earlier, we alluded to the Shuttle XPC resembling a toaster. Work out for yourself how true that is.
