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Shuttle I 8600B
- Pricing: Expensive: $1670 (11/17/2005)
- Performance: Good: 79
- Features: Fair: 65
- Design: Good: 78
Pricing
Expensive: $1670Performance
Good: 79| World Bench 5 Tests - Very Good: 82 |
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| World Bench 5 Component Results (seconds) | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 625 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 399 |
| Adobe Premiere | 519 |
| Ahead Nero | 681 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 413 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 485 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 571 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 415 |
| Mozilla | 598 |
| Multitasking | 801 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 546 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 315 |
| WinZip | 420 |
| Graphics Tests (frames per second) | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Fair |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 50.43 |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 49.03 |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 40.93 |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 88.09 |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 64.4 |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 45.09 |
Features
Fair: 65| Basics | |
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| CPU | 3-GHz Pentium 4 530J |
| System Memory | 512MB Memory |
| Video & Display | |
|---|---|
| Graphics Adapter | Integrated Intel 915G Express |
| Graphics Board Type | Integrated |
| Graphics Board RAM (MB) | Using main memory |
| Monitor Model | Shuttle XP17 |
| Monitor Type | LCD |
| Monitor Size | 17 |
| Storage | |
|---|---|
| Hard Drives | 2 |
| Total HD Size (GB) | 320GB Hard Drive |
| RAID Type | none |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM |
| Optical Drive Speed | 16 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | CD-RW |
| Other Storage | Four-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion | |
|---|---|
| PCI Slots | 1 |
| PCI Express Slots | 1 |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 1 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 0 |
| Open Slots | 2 |
| External Drive Bays | 1 |
| Open External Drive Bays | 0 |
| Internal Drive Bays | 2 |
| Open Internal Drive Bays | 0 |
| Ports | |
|---|---|
| Serial Ports | 1 |
| Parallel Ports | 0 |
| Front USB Ports | 2 |
| Rear USB Ports | 2 |
| Front FireWire Ports | 1 |
| Rear FireWire Ports | 1 |
| Other | |
|---|---|
| Audio Adapter Model | Integrated Realtek ALC850 |
| Audio Channels | 5.1 surround |
| Network Adapter | gigabit network adapter |
| Case Type | Compact |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional |
| Included Software | Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition |
| Warranty & Support | |
|---|---|
| Labor Warranty (years) | One |
| Parts Warranty (years) | One |
| Weekday Support Hours | 8.5 |
| Saturday Support Hours | 0 |
| Sunday Support Hours | 0 |
| Toll-Free Support | Yes |
Design
Good: 78Shuttle XPC i8600b Review
- Resembling an oversize toaster, the Shuttle XPC i8600b is one of the largest of the small systems we looked at, but the extra size has a payoff: greater expandability. Though the case is only 8 inches high and just under 15 inches long, it includes a sample of pretty much everything a full-size PC offers, including a PCI Express X16 slot, a PCI slot, two hard drive bays, and a plethora of expansion ports. It's the only system in our ten-model roundup that comes with support for surround-sound audio: the built-in sound chip can drive up to eight channels of analog surround sound, while the other small systems we tested are limited to two channels. The $1611 XPC is also the only one with an S/PDIF digital audio-in and -out port--very useful if you want to use the system as a home theater PC. There's also an eight-in-one media card reader built into the case.

