SHUTTLE SH67H3 PC Barebone System

Ingredients I7-2700 3.5 GHz Intel Corsair DDR3 16 GB Samsung 120 GB SSD, 240 GB SSD and a 500 GB Barracuda HHD. Installed everything last night with gloves on. Took about 20 minutues. First time for me to build a system. Processor just slips in and locks down. Cables easy to move around. You use the Shuttle cooler instead of the big fan Intel supplies. 16 gigs snapped in and I discovered the SSD can just sit under the bays for hard drives. So now room for 2 hard drives, Bluray optical and SSD. Boots in 12 seconds. Windows experience rating of 6.3 (because no video card) Putting all My Docs on 2nd HD and using SSD for programs. Win 7 used only 12 gigs for my install. Now with Office 2007 and a few other programs still just 15 gigs on the SSD. Nice I have an old Shuttle XP (10 years old) and just this summer the power supply died. So Shuttle does make good machines. I am hopeful this does the same. Runs quiet enough, some small fan hum but not much. So, totally nice, screams along with the i7. Hum, sweet. 2 months later update Great system. Fan noise is a low hum but not problematic. What I like the most is the small footprint it has. Such a nice little box on my desk. Never is hot and the exhaust fan air is always cool. Boots in about 18 seconds now. I look at my old 4 core processor as being so slow now. And it was a good motherboard. An i7 plus an SSD is so great. I realize I could easily put another SSD in with 250 gigs and basically cover all my data on that. There would be space for 2 SSD's and one hard drive easily in this box. I run Skyrim on high rez and it comes out beautifully and that is with no video card. I have all the data files of Skyrim on the SSD and so it changes screens very fast. My other data files are on the HD. With a lot of mods in Skyrim plus the OS and Office I am still just using only 35 gigs of the 120 SSD. One year later update Still works just wonderfully. I live in a hot place, temperatures upwards of 35 (100) and just swamp coolers for air conditioning. So the HDs was getting hot (about 44C sometimes) which is not so hot but I like my machine to be cooler. So I took the cover off and put a fan on top of the machine. Now temp is never above 38. As I am not in a temperate climate and without AC this is a good solution for me. Two years later with modifications Ok, I spent a long time researching what video cards can go into this machine as it is a small case. I finally bought a GTX 970 and I will explain what you have to do. You need: 500 Watt power supply and the video card. First step: BIOS You must upgrade your bios to after any 2012 version. When you boot, check the date, if it is 2012 you need to upgrade. You do that from the Shuttle site. When downloaded the newer version of BIOS I put it on a bootable USB (bootable to DOS). Boot up normally and hit F2 several times to enter BIOS. Check you can boot off of your CD drive, then USB and finally your C drive. Then save and reboot with the USB drive. You type "flash" once you get a DOS window prompt. It updates. You then have to reset the CMOS. There is a small hole on the back of the Shuttle that resets the CMOS. The Shuttle Site has instructions on where to find that or how to do it. Then if you are installing the GTX 970, it fits in easily enough but you have to take out the drive carriage (where all your drives are) It just lifts out after unplugging the cables. You need a 500 watt power supply which you had to install before hand. Then snap in the GTX (I snap it in 2 or 3 times to make sure any grease or such is rubbed off the pins). You put the two power cables into the GTX (you have to thread the power cables in a way to give you the maximum length). Then bend the cables flat so the drive carriage will fit back in. I had to do that several times to make sure it would fit. Then fit all the screws, and boot up normally. I did have a problem with it not booting but I just moved all the cables for the drives so they did not touch the video card and it booted fine after that. Little fussing around to get everything fitting in right. Now I have run several high video demanding games with the card and the SSD's heat up to 50 C fairly quickly. I am thinking of putting another fan into it (which I have not figured out just yet) to run more air through the case. If I am not running anything that demands a lot of video it is always at about 34 C. Which is fine. Ok, hope this helps people who want a bigger video card. I do think the GTX750i would work too but not for Witcher 3, which is why I did this upgrade. My machine has been excellent for more than 2 years. Happy Shuttle buyer.

I ordered this plus Corsair 8GB, Intel i5 2400, and Asus DVD drive. It all arrived even a bit early (but see below about the memory). It is a beautiful-looking box, and everything works very nicely and it is extremely quiet! I have not had any chance to check performance or the Windows Experience Index, but it FEELS fast. I'm running Ubuntu Linux 12.04. Just a few items that contributed to 4-* rather than 5-* 1) The screws that came with it are not the right size to match up with either the DVD or the HDD that I had. It needs a smaller size (which I luckily had) 2) The heat sink compound is pretty think and hard to spread evenly. Maybe it all is these days, but that is different from anything I have used earlier. Having only done this a few times it made me a bit nervous that I was getting good thermal contact. 3) The documentation consists of only a single sheet of mostly pictures and diagrams. The enclosed CD/DVD had a manual (in different languages) but it was exactly the same sheet, not a more detailed text. Without anything more than pictures it was a bit more nerve-wracking to put the CPU in. In particular, there were three things that the diagram seemed to say I should remove (mylar cover of CPU socket, mylar cover on the ICE thermal connector, and something else on the socket). Unfortunately I could not really tell what was what from the diagram and I could only find 1 thing to remove. It turns out that there was one additional cover but it was in the accesories box and not actually on the socket where it was supposed to be. A couple additional cautions (which don't contribute to lowering the rating, but I wish I had known). 1) The HDD space is for a 3.5" drive, not a 2". I was installing a disk from a laptop, and it works but does not physically fit well. I suspect it will not be a good thing to use forever since there is not much thermal contact with the case. 2) One of the SATA cables was pre-installed and threaded to the back of the case. That was a bit mysterious until I realized that it actually was in a good position to plug into the DVD drive, and having it threaded through the case keeps it out of the way. 3) The Amazon catalog page suggested "other who ordered this also got..." an Asus DVD drive, which seems fine, but also Corsair memory from a Marketplace vendor. I did not notice that it was not fulfilled by Amazon, until after I ordered it the expected delivery time was a week out rather than the normal Prime 2-day. I was pretty annoyed about this! I finally ordered the same memory from Amazon directly; it was not only less expensive but arrived in 2 days. (The marketplace version has not arrived yet and they refused to cancel it!). So use caution! Prime eligible no longer means it will be there in 2 days! (I'll review the actual items and or the vendor separately). September 1, 2012: Another couple of cautions: 1) There is a very weird BIOS setting called EuP "Energy using Product" (well duh!). It is apparently a quick way to set up some energy saving functions, and when it is on, Wake On LAN can not be enabled. If disable EuP, you can enable WOL. Would be nice if it were a bit clearer what this particular function is for. The text for it says "Enable EuP function". Thanks. 2) This particular CPU (the I5 2400) does not support hyperthreads. This is not Shuttle's fault; I should have checked the Intel web site more carefully. I looked to be sure it supported multiple cores and virtualization accelerations, but did not even notice the hyperthreads. Not a big deal for me, just a surprise. Oct 10, 2012: One thing that I never mentioned, and pretty small: The 'suspend' function works well, but there is no indication from the outside whether the system is off or in suspend. Usually systems flash the power light when it is suspended. I thought there might be a BIOS setting, but I could not find one.

So far extremely pleased with this case/motherboard combo. - Intel i7 3770 3.4GHz(Ivy Bridge) - Crucial 128GB M4 SSD - Western Digital 1TB 3.5" Drive (existing) - Corsair XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1600MHz - Sony Blu-Ray Burner BWU-500S - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound First of all, I love the look and size of the case. I finally got rid of that big annoying tower case with all the noisy fans. Now I have a nice, compact PC that fits on my desk nicely. Generally, it is very quiet (especially compared to my old tower). The entire case has 1 big fan (in addition to the Power Supply fan). That fan cools the CPU out the back through the built in CPU heat pipe cooling system. CPU runs pretty cool. Maxed out, the maximum CPU temp I saw was 64°C. I wanted to go with the newest Ivy Bridge CPU. That requires this case to arrive with a Version 2 Motherboard and at least version 201 of the BIOS. I was a little worried that I might end up getting an older case that wasn't updated for Ivy Bride. Well, it was good to go. I got the v2 case and v201 of the BIOS. I did update the BIOS to the lastest v202 without any troubles. The Motherboard does not allow for overclocking. So I did not buy a (K) unlocked CPU. The interior is designed to handle all the cables well. You could put in a video card, but I made sure to put in a CPU with the latest Intel HD4000 graphics so I don't need one. If you do go with a video card, make sure it's not too powerful as the power supply can only handle a mid-range or lower card. I'm not gaming, so it wasn't a concern for me. I do think I might try replacing the case fan with a ultra-quiet model. Not that it really needs it, but I'm being really picky. After building this system, I can't imagine needing a big tower case anymore. If you want to overclock and put in a big powerful Video Card, consider the Shuttle SZ77R5 or SZ68R5 cases. They are the same size cases but with bigger power supply's and overclocking mother boards.

This is the third Shuttle system that I've built. I've used Shuttle computers exclusively as a primary desktop PC for approximately the last 10 years. They are quiet. They are compact. The first two machines gave me 4 to 5 years of reliable use. Unfortunately the latest build, the SH67H3, started experiencing BIOS problems after the first 6 months. Today, less than 9 months after purchasing, the motherboard gave out with no warning. The machine no longer boots to BIOS, and now I'm forced to purchase a new motherboard, case, and power supply. Needless to say, I am no longer purchasing Shuttle products.

I've had this unit for three years, and it has been a troublesome unit the whole time. The front USB 3.0 ports have worked sporadically. I've updated the drivers multiple times, but at least once per week the computer's recognition of the ports disappears and you have to uninstall/install the drivers again and again. Using a USB wireless networking adapter has also resulted in sporadic behavior in the otherwise good front USB 2.0 port. If I connect it to an ethernet cable, I still get periodic lost networking issues. Clearly there is a problem with the network internals on the machine. The case is a bit noisy when the hard drive is spinning. The vibrations from the drive are not well absorbed and instead the case amplifies the sound of the vibrations. Power management has been an issue. The unit wouldn't always fall asleep when it was supposed to, and many times it was difficult to wake it up from sleep. I originally used it as a Windows Media Center DVR, but have since upgraded it to Windows 10 and now only use it as a media player device. It's essentially now a giant Roku that consumes more electricity and generates more excess heat. I love the flexibility of a PC connected to a TV - but with the networking issues it hardly seems worth it anymore.

It's quiet, has USB 3.0, SATA6gb, supports the current gen 1155 processors and sports a 300 watt power supply. What's unique about it is that it also has 4 dimm slots which is a major bonus for me since I like to load my machine with as much RAM as possible. This is the near perfect HTPC if you don't mind the boxy shape (I like it). I put an Intel G620 processor it in and it runs cool, fast and power efficient. This thing boots faster and feels almost as zippy in day to day operations as my i7-2600k desktop beast believe it or not (very subjective of course). Native HDMI so you can plug it into a big screen TV to play movies and music. This is my sixth Shuttle box. Built another htpc using an antec isk300-65 case and found out it's not worth the time and effort vs using a Shuttle box. Update December 2012- I have several of these machines as well as a few other Shuttle variants. I originally gave it 5 stars but taking away two stars because this particular model is not what I call stable. After over a year of ownership, each of my SH67H3 boxes has developed one issue or another. One box becomes unstable when the USB 3.0 front port is used. Another box cannot wake from sleep. Another box loses its BIOS settings randomly, etc...

I have two of these, one in my studio for writing and admin use and one in my university office mostly for preparing lectures and manipulating video files for use in my lectures. With an Intel I7-2600 (there really is no advantage to a K-type processor because the Shuttle BIOS doesn't allow overclocking) with turbo mode on, the motherboard in this box runs all four cores at 3.8GHz, which for most purposes, is quite fast. The best thing is that while it is idling it is incredibly quiet. I have no problem keeping it on my desktop about 18" from my head while I'm working in my very quiet university office. Even when it revs up its fan during video manipulation it isn't offensively loud. The best thing is that it has all the connectivity you might want, and it has four DRAM connectors, room for substantially sized video card and an additional PCIe 1-channel slot. There is room for two HDDs and the fan enclosure makes a perfect place to Velcro in an SSD. In my office Shuttle I have 16GB (four x 4GB) of RAM, two 2TB HDDs, and a 240GB SSD (I don't need a high speed video card and I am using the Intel graphics afforded by the 2600). It has been a real workhorse for over a year. Almost anyone should be able to assemble a system that provides them with the functionality they want. Using this system you could build an I3 based computer with a 1TB HDD and 8GB DRAM for less than $500. Update Feb 6 2016: The one in my university office suddenly died last month. It just would not turn on when I hit the switch. Recent Googling suggests that this problem is relatively common in systems in use for over 3 years. I bought a "re-manufactured" unit from oldegg and it was DOA. However, the new XPC that accepts a Skylake processor is an unbelievably cool box. Using the i7-6700K processor, a Samsung 500GB M2 card and 16GB DDR-4 RAM gives a system that performs almost twice as fast as this Shuttle under review. I generally upgrade computers after about 3 years, anyway, and while it lasted, the SH67H3 was a great little computer. Also, the one in my home office continues to serve me well. In fact, I'm typing this addendum on it.

This is a great foundation for a new computer system. This Shuttle system includes the motherboard, case and matching power supply, and of course includes a power cord. The powersupply and motherboard use quality components and are very dependable. The heat pipe cooling for the CPU is included and integrated, you simply install you CPU, a hard drive and turn the system on. Add your OS and you're up and running. This system works well with Linux and Win7. Here's the other pieces I put into the system: Intel i7 2700 CPU Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50 GHz Quad-Core Unlocked SiiG Firewire card SIIG FireWire 2-Port PCIe (NN-E20012-S2) Corsair XMS3 16GB memory (4x4Gb) Corsair XMS3 16GB (4x 4GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz DDR3 Memory Kit for AMD and Intel Dual Channel Processors CMX16GX3M4A1333C9 Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB system boot drive I've had for a year or more. Western Digital Caviar Green 1Tb data drive, as a secondary internal drive. I also installed an old DVD drive I had laying around so I could install a few things via DVD. I have been happy with my system and these are the Windows 7 Experience numbers for those who are interested. These graphics numbers were generated using the graphics hardware built into the mother board via the DVI and HDMI ports. I am driving two 24" Dell UltraSharp monitors (at 1920 x 1200) with no problems at all. Processor: 7.6 Memory: 7.6 Graphics: 6.5 Gaming: 6.5 Primary hard disk: 5.9 I tried a couple of PCIe video cards and while they got a slightly better experience rating, it wasn't worth the increase to the noise the system was making. Using the EVGA GeForce 440 GT I got a rating of 6.7 for both the Graphics and Gamings scores. EVGA GeForce GT 440 1024 MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI Graphics Card, 01G-P3-1441-KR I use this system as the computer component to a FlexRadio 5000A software defined radio system, so I needed to make sure it would work well and would have a low RF impact on my home and radio setup. It has proven to be great in all aspects. The SIIG firewire card is working well interfacing with the radio and everything is working well together. Running the PowerSDR software along with many other applications I rarely see my usage jump above 10%, thus I don't have any issues with lost audio. I have no hesitation running other apps and completely using the computer as I work the radio. As you can see above, my weakest link is the hard drive, which I hope to replace with an SSD boot drive in the near future. 5 Stars, It's really a great system, I am very happy with it and give it a thumbs up too!

Questo BareBone della Shuttle corrisponde esattamente alle esigenze di chi, come me, pur non essendo espertissimo di assemblaggio di PC vuole comunque avere voce in capitolo nelle caratteristiche hardware del proprio desktop. Dimensioni ridottissime, case in alluminio spazzolato perfetto per la dissipazione del calore, scheda madre integrata proprietaria. Aggiungete il processore (socket LGA1155), la RAM (fino a 4 moduli/32 GIGA), Hard Disk (2 slots da 3,5''), lettore ottico opzionale, e siete pronti ad avviarlo. La mia configurazione è la seguente: 1 X Intel Core i5-3570K 2 X Corsair XM MemoriaS Simm DDR3 PC1333, 4GB CL9, Nero 1 X Hard Disk meccanico da 500 giga 1 X SanDisk Memoria a Stato Solido SSD Ultra II, 120GB (montato con CSL - Telaio doppio di alluminio da 2,5" per 2 HDD o SSD) da aggiungere e testare: 1 X MSI N750 Ti TF 2GD5/OC Scheda Video Buon divertimento!

仕事で７台買いました。現在すべて全く問題なしです。商品の選択は、安いSSD搭載PCが欲しかったからです。PCメーカーのSSD搭載モデルは、小容量でも高くて買えません。保障とかで組み立てPCは不安でしたが、安定しているので当分このベアボーンにお世話になりそうです。

Ayant installé 16 Go de ram, un core I7 3.4GHZ et un ssd de 128 go, j'étais impatient de tester la bête. Malheureusement, impossible de démarrer l'ordinateur. Le ventilateur tourne mais aucune sortie video ne fonctionne. Pas de bip indiquant un éventuel problème, bref une carte mère qui ne fonctionne pas. Apparamment, il y a certaines personnes sur le net qui ont été touché comme moi par ce problème. Seul solution : renvoyer le matériel à l'expéditeur. Première expérience avec shuttle, je pense que ça sera la dernière.

Der seit kurzem erhältliche Barebone für die neuen Sandy Bridge CPUs kommt wieder im klassischen Design der älteren Shuttle-Modelle. Das Gehäuse ist aus Aluminium, das optische Laufwerk ist nicht unter einer Klappe versteckt sondern ebenso wie die Anschlüsse für Kopfhörer, USB, ESATA etc. direkt zugänglich. Lediglich für den Einschaltknopf hat man sich wieder eine neue Variante einfallen lassen.Er befindet sich oberhalb der ESATA-Buchse halb versteckt unter der Frontplatte und wird senkrecht nach oben gedrückt. Mir persönlich gefällt diese Lösung nicht besonders. Zusammenbau und Inbetriebnahme des PCs ist wie bei allen Shuttle-Modellen denkbar einfach. Als Werkzeug benötigt man lediglich einen Kreuzschlitz-Schraubendreher (wenn überhaupt). Der Arbeitsspeicher kann mit 2 oder vier DDR3-Modulen (max. 16GB) bestückt werden, der Prozessor wird aus der Sandy-Bridge-Reihe (i3/i5/i7)nach Leistungsfähigkeit und eigenem Geldbeutel ausgesucht. Weiterhin benötigt man ein optisches Laufwerk und eine Festplatte (max. 2 Festplatten). Eine Grafikkarte kann man sich sparen, denn alle CPUs dieser Reihe haben einen integrierten Grafikkern. Wer für grafisch anspruchsvolle Spiele eine höhere Leistung benötigt, kann aber eine entsprechende Grafikkarte einbauen. Platz für eine lange Karte ist vorhanden. Insgesamt hat bei mir der Zusammenbau des Rechners nicht viel mehr als eine halbe Stunde gedauert. Auch die anschliessende Installation von WINDOWS 7 (nicht im Lieferumfang) ging problemlos und flott von statten und war in ca. 1 Stunde erledigt. Da die CPU passiv gekühlt wird, hat der PC (neben dem kleinen Lüfter des Netzteils) nur einen einzigen Gehäuselüfter. Der ist zwar relativ leise, aber deutlich hörbar. Eventuell werde ich den noch austauschen. Die Wärmeentwicklung (ohne zusätzliche Grafikkarte) ist gering, auch nach ganztägigem Betrieb ist der PC nur lauwarm. Insgesamt bin ich mit diesem Shuttle-Modell recht zufrieden. Ich hätte mir lediglich auf der Rückseite noch weitere USB 2.0-Anschlüsse gewünscht. Die beiden USB 3.0 Anschlüsse werden vorzugsweise auch von USB 3.0-Platten belegt. Da Maus und Tastatur ja nur noch über USB angeschlossen werden können, bleiben nur zwei USB 2.0 Schnittstellen übrig (für 2 Drucker, DVB-T Stick, ältere USB-Festplatten etc.) D.h. ohne USB-Hub kommt man nicht aus. Fazit: Einen so kleinen PC mit so hoher Leistung kann man eigentlich nur mit einem SHUTTLE-Barebone hinbekommen. Ich kann dieses Modell bedenkenlos zum Kauf empfehlen. Ich verwende die CPU: Intel Quad Core Prozessor (Intel Core i5-2500K, 3,3GHz, 6MB Cache, 1155 Sockel) Betriebssystem: Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit OEM inkl. Service Pack 1

I recently purchased my 2nd SH67H3 and fitted it with the following: Intel I5 processor, 16 Gb 1333 Hz Kingston ram, 1 - 1 Tb 3.5 inch WD HDD, 1 Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blue ray DVD Drive, 1 TP-Link TL-WN781ND Wi-Fi Card, Windows 7 Pro 32 bit OS, Kaspersky Internet security. As an old man with shaky hands, I managed to assemble it fairly easily having had some experience assembling the previous one. I disabled my router until I had Kaspersky updated and activated. I also took the precaution of turning off windows updates completely to ensure it would not destroy my gadgets which I wouldn't be without under any circumstances, I now have a really excellent and well engineered machine that runs extremely quietly and does everything I tell it to, I hate machines telling me what to do, and if they do, I threaten them with the wheelie bin. Ben.