Recently, Shuttle released their SB51G XPC for Intel CPU?s.  The SB51 was a great product and well received.  Today we are introducing to you their newest XPC ? the SK41G.  This XPC supports AMD?s Athlon CPU and marks the first time since the SV25 that Shuttle has used a VIA chipset in an XPC system.  Join me as we take a look at the new system, it?s features, performance, and a new heatsink design this XPC introduces.

Box Front

 

Box Back

The Specs:

• AMD Athlon XP/Duron Support


• VIA KM266 Northbridge/8235 Southbridge


• DDR200/266 Support - up to 2GB


• ATA/133 Support - 2 IDE Ports


• Integrated Video ? S3 ProSavage8


• S-Video TV Out


• 2 Serial Ports


• 4 USB 2.0 Ports (2 Rear, 2 Front)


• 3 Firewire Ports (1 Front, 2 Rear)


• PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Ports


• Avance AC97 6 Channel Sound


• Front Headphone and Microphone Jacks


• Front Optical Output


• Rear Optical Input


• Onboard Realtek RT8100B LAN


• 1 AGP / 1 PCI


• Aluminum Chassis


• 1 5.25” Bay, 2 3.25” Bays (1 External)


• L) 300mm X (W) 200mm X (H) 185mm


• 200W Power Supply


• 1 80mm Rear Exhaust Fan


• Heatpipe Heatsink with Radiator (I.C.E. Technology - Integrated Cooling Engine)

BIOS

BIOS:

 

CPU Settings

 

Health Settings

 

DRAM Settings

The BIOS of the SK41G is very similar to Shuttle?s other offerings.  There is a jumper on the motherboard that switches between 100MHz/133MHz FSB though, rather than being selectable in the BIOS.  This is somewhat of a disappointment but it isn?t a huge issue.  In the next screen you can see the Fan AutoGuardian which is used to keep the SK41G and other XPC?s running quietly.  The AutoGuardian will spin up the system fan to a higher speed when the CPU temperature hits a certain level.  There are four temperature settings available to choose from.  You can also set a shutdown temperature.  Finally we come to the DRAM settings where you can choose between 100MHz/133MHz and your other typical settings.  You can let the SPD decide what to set the RAM at, or you can enable manual configuration to set the CAS latency, Trp, Tras, Trcd and Command Rate as well as bank interleave.  Overclocking should be fairly simple, but there are no voltage adjustments like you would see on a full sized motherboard.

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