Small and Powerful

The XPC's primary competitor is existing desktop PCs. The entire design goal of the XPC was to offer a SFF system with all of the performance, functionality, and features of a typical desktop PC. We feel that the Shuttle XPC has achieved its design goal, and more.

Current desktop PCs simply don't need the expansion room they were originally designed with. When the current PC form factor was established in the mid 90's, multiple hard drives were needed for adequate storage, optical drives were single purpose, and no peripherals were integrated on the motherboard. Today, single hard drives have reached 300GB, DVD combo drives or DVD-RW has become the norm, and motherboards integrate a bewildering array of high quality features. The Shuttle XPC form factor is designed for the needs of modern PC builders.

The current PC market is completely commoditized, meaning no company is offering a significantly different product than any other. This drives vendors to compete on price. Whenever a pricing war erupts, quality is the first to suffer, and the average desktop PC on the market is clear evidence of this. Flimsy cases, noisy fans, and cheap components are the order of the day in the desktop PC market.

The Shuttle XPC breaks this downward spiral of commercialization by placing a high priority on innovation and quality. In order to offer the power of a desktop PC in a form factor 1/5 of the size, numerous technologies need to be developed, such as Shuttle ICE heatpipe, and the new SilentX power supply.

Features	XPC P3100 Series	Dell Dimension XPS	Apple Power Mac G5
I.C.E. Heat Pipe Technology	Yes	-	-
SilentX PSU	350W	N/A	N/A

Height	7.4"	19.3"	20.1"
Width	8.0"	8.7"	8.1"
Depth	11.9"	19.2"	18.7"
Weight	13.31 lbs	-	39.2 lbs

Processor	Pentium® D Processor 840 with Dual Core Technology (3.20GHz, 800FSB) 2x1MB L2	Pentium® D Processor 840 with Dual Core Technology (3.0GHz, 800FSB)	Dual-Core 2.0 ~ 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5
Chipset (Intel)	Intel® 945G + ICH7-R chipset	Intel ®  955X Express chipset	-
System Bus	800 ~ 1066MHz	800 ~ 1066MHz	1GHz ~ 1.25GHz
Memory	Dual channel DDR2-667MHz SDRAM (2) DIMM slots (2GB max)	Dual channel DDR2-667MHz SDRAM	PC4200 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive

Up to 4 Serial ATA 300 headers RAID (0, 1, 5, 10) with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology

ATA 100 / Serial ATA 2 Interface

Serial ATA Interface

Graphics Card Slot	16X PCI Express slot	16X PCI Express Slot	16X PCI Express Slot
On Board VGA	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950	N/A	N/A
Audio	Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit EAX high-definition 7.1 hardware audio processor	Sound Blaster ®  Audigy ™  2 ZS (D) Sound Card	Integrated Audio

USB	6 USB 2.0 ports 2 front / 4 back	10 USB 2.0 ports 2 front/ 6 back/ 2 internal	2 USB 1.1 ports 4 USB 2.0 ports
Firewire	1 FireWire 400 ports	2 ports 1 front/1 back	1 FireWire 800 ports 2 FireWire 400 ports
8 Channels Surround Sound Output	1 Rear out, 1x Front out, 1x Center/Bass connectors	7.1 channel out (3 jacks)	Analog audio in, Analog audio out
Coaxial Digital Audio Port	1	N/A	Optical digital audio in, Optical digital audio out,
Headphone Jack (Line Out )	1	1	1
Microphone Jack (Line In)	1	1	1
VGA	1	1	N/A
Serial	1	1
PS/2 Keyboard Port	1	1
PS/2 Mouse Port	1	1
SATA Hot-Plug Port	1	N/A

Network	1 x Gigabit LAN (RJ-45)	Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet	Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
WiFi	Optional	Optional	Optional
Bluetooth	Optional	Optional	Optional

* Updated: 12/27/05