I think it is a bargain given the computer specs.
7" touch screen, E6700 3.2Ghz CPU, 4GB, 2TB HDD, DVD-RW
Anyone can give any feedback on the shuttle D10? Haven't heard from it before.
I like the idea of the touch panel and the small size.
Shuttle D10 Computer with touchscreen $520
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reading the specs seems to only have PCI-E 1x. Good for a tv tuner but not for GFX
yeah I noticed that after I posted. And I was all excited :(
PCI-E 1x doesnt make THAT much difference… IIRC ~20% slower than a 16x slot (theoretical bandwidth is much lower, but graphics cards don't use all the bandwidth of a 16x slot, so in the real world it is not 16x slower). If you look around there are a number of online articles that will tell you this.
Besides, the cpu is a little weak so I suspect it would be somewhat of an issue, it would be getting close to being the bottleneck, so you wouldnt notice the slower pci-e speed much. Upgrading the cpu would be hindered somewhat as the motherboard probably takes 95w max cpus or something. Just guessing.
I think if you put a 5870 into this (FITTING the gfx card may be an issue) it'd still rock, regardless of slower cpu and 1x slot, and since 5870's are so cheap now, it'd be great bang-for-your-buck.
edit: actually forget the 5870, the 5000 series has a problem where it can't downclock the ram when using more than 1 video output. Ie: monitor + touchscreen. This thing will suck juice like no tomorrow if you put an ATI 5000 series card in it. My 5870 chews about 100w more power with a second monitor connected (when idle… at load it obviously doesnt make a difference) and it's why I built a h57 htpc instead of using my gaming rig as a htpc too. Not sure about the 6000 series…. but if you're going to put a video card into this, it's safer to go with nvidia.
Yeah, I was just looking at that - seems to have only VGA out.
But the touchscreen really makes it into a great little box. Hell, I am looking to buy a squeezebox because my media player doesn't handle LAN-stored music very well (it plays great but cannot make a local "on-the-fly" playlist).
But for $500 I could use one of these and run normal software, even something like (shudder) iTunes! And it'd probably be a lot more GF friendly LOL
iTunes…. don't do it! It's a trap.
HAHAHAHA - agreed! Evil program!
resolution for 7" lcd?
800x480 as listed on most sites (http://au.shuttle.com/support_faq_detail.jsp?PI=1147&PFI=175…) … … its been around 2-3 years now… sold from $225 bare bones.
This looks good to convert into a Car PC but…..no details on the screen…including resolution and the such.
Listed as coming with (1) ATX 12V power connector though so that would hopefully be helpful with setting this up as a car PC.
Actually looks pretty good, probably great for a no-peripheral nas/home dev server/media centre. Might be interested.
Does anyone know if I can throw in my existing 1.5TB and 2TB discs on board?
Thanks! that is good news!. I have found that win7 is not GF friendly. I used to have an HTPC, but had to remove it from the living room because GF will go berserk every time it would crash.
I know lots of people running win7 HTPCs without problems.
My win7 HTPC doesn't crash, and the GF uses it everyday.It's more likely something is wrong with your HTPC/win7 setup.
Got lots of problems when HTPC wakes from S3. Screen resolution would change. Won't play DVDs. Etc. Last time tried with a gigabyte GA 880GM-UD2H board to no avail, still would have problems.
I run my win7 x64 HTCP 24/7, no issues whatsoever. It doubles as a low power NAS and MCE PVR too. Its a laptop so only uses 30W when idle. List time I measured it, a normal (80 plus) ATX psu uses way more than that even when it is switched off, about 90W!
@stumo
It doesnt use 90w when off :) Your measurement gear is low quality and giving you a bogus reading. Even my measurement gear is junk and reports 15w. However, I know my gear misreports when small currents are involved.
I suspect in reality it's about 5w.
Unless you mean the whole pc turned on and idling, which would be 60w (bare htpc) to 100w (htpc with half a dozen HDDs all spun up).
All my numbers are ballpark numbers.
@justtoreply I hope you're right, but I did everything I could think of to get a good relative measurement between the two devices as I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I used both an ammeter and one of those cheap nasty kill-a-watt meters. The ATX supply (in standby) was always 3 times the load of the laptop PC (idle running).
I loaded both PC's in parallel with a 500W heater, to see if that would still show the difference and it did, exactly the same.
I loaded the laptop from idle to full CPU load to see if the difference in readings was consistent with the CPU spec, and it was - it went to a measured 120W under load.
Did the same on the ATX PC and it was also consistent, going to 190W (it was a "low power" Pentium-M MoDT setup) with a Silverstone 80 Plus ATX PSU.
I have used that kill-a-watt meter on loads of other devices and always got sensible results.
This was a good few years ago, and I have always used Laptops for my HTPC ever since. I'm happy with my decision, and will not go to an ATX based setup until I get the same readings as a laptop power supply. They are both just switchmode power supplies after all, so there should be zero difference.
Windows 7 HTPC runs heaps better and looks better then any linux version out.
Not sure what your doing wrong, but maybe you should look at your hardware or drivers
You clearly haven't seen Mythbuntu! :p
Upgrade the GF version maybe? :)
ugliest computer ever lol
I might think about it for a torrent box.
I can only see 4 usb ports… where are the other 2? (4 would be plenty but i'm curious)
why not just get a laptop with hdmi output?
Totally agree!
Looks like a microwave heating up some Windows Vista..
BIG PROBLEM
POWER 100W PSUWhat can you do with a 100W computer?
Add a decent GFX and got a awesome LAN machine.