Review: Shuttle SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400 XPC

Specifications

Processors

• Supports all Socket 462 processors (100, 133, 166 and 200FSB)

• Northbridge: NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 SPP
• Southbridge: NVIDIA MCP-T

• 2x 184-pin DDR 
• DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR333 / DDR400 support @ 2.5 - 2.6v
• 2GB maximum system RAM 

• 1x AGP  8x AGP compliant slot (AGP 3.0)
• 1x 32-bit, 33MHz PCI slot

• 2x USB2.0 ports
• 1x FireWire port (4-pin, passive)
• Headphone socket
• Microphone-In socket
• Line-in socket

• PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
• Serial port
• 2 FireWire (6-pin) ports
• 2 USB2.0 ports
• RJ45 / LAN Port
• 3 Audio jacks
• S/PDIF-In and S/PDIF-Out

• An IDE controller on the MCP-T chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 operation modes.
• Can connect up to 4 IDE devices (space permitting)

• Realtek 8801B FireWire PHY

• Realtek RTL8201B LAN PHY.

• ACHME 200W PSU

• Award BIOS
• FSB speeds of 100MHz - 250MHz
• CPU Voltage from 1.1v - 2v
• VDimm from 2.5v - 2.7
• VAGP from 1.5v - 1.6v

• 300 x 200 x 185
• 2x 3.5" bay (one hidden)
• 1x 5.25" bay 
• 2.85kg

• PSU cable
• 1 ATA133 cable, 1 twisted ATA33 cable. Floppy cable
• Screws and bolts
• 2 manuals
• Extra feet
• Shim and paste
• CD wallet

The lack of on-board graphics and any form of video-out other than HD15 are the compromises Shuttle have made at the altar of cost and availability.