PC Professionell: "Small, powerful, black"
 "Shuttle's SFF PC mini X 100HA is based on the same idea the tuner Calo Abarth had, when he managed to put a powerful engine in a small car chassis," compare the editors of the German IT magazine PC Professionell Shuttle's latest innovation with the legendary Fiat Abarth that was rocking the racing world in the 1950s. But there is one thing making the difference: the noise level. "The Shuttle XPC mini X 100HA is well-equipped, whisper silent and with the size given also very fast." The performance "of the barely 5 centimeters tall PC with a surface of a DIN-A4 sheet of paper was impressive. "The little one does not need to hide away from its bigger counterparts at all," according to PC Professionell. Even the 3D performance of the Shuttle XPC mini X 100HA with the Radeon X1400 graphics engine was "visibly faster than other compact systems."
"Despite its low height" a 3.5 inch hard disk from Samsung can be found on the inside. Apart from the DVD writer and the 4-in-1 card reader "integrated wireless LAN with its antenna in the front panel completes the equipment," report the editors.
"In terms of noise level, Shuttle does not follow the example of a roaring Fiat Abarth," state the testers. Thanks to an "external power supply and the small, linear-controlled fan that starts up only when it is really needed," a maximum noise level of 25.7 dB(A) was measured – a similar sound as a whisper.
Conclusion:
"The Shuttle XPC mini X 100HA is well-equipped, whisper silent and with the size given also very fast. With a pricing of 1160 Euros we can't call it cheap, but this Shuttle is definitely worth it."
| Overall |
Good |
| Performance |
Satisfactory |
| Configuration |
Good |
| Ergonomics |
Very good |
| Service |
Good |
Source: http://www.testticker.de/tests/home_computing/article20060825016.aspx
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