Netzwelt: " It nearly surpasses anything we have seen in our test lab so far."

"It can easily keep up with PCs which are three times bigger than this little box," cited the editors about the Shuttle XPC P2 3700G. This because its powerful hardware working inside. "The performance of this mighty dwarf can be summed up in just one word: radical. Calling their CPU Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 with Conroe Core and 4MB L2 cache, Intel really didn't promise too much." While providing incredible performance, the CPU also works efficiently: "Nothing really fools the P2 3700G when it comes to saving energy." Maximum power consumption was "under load 260W and barely 130W in idle mode." This convinced the editors making them conclude: "Excellent for a PC with a performance like this."

Another advantage: the Shuttle XPC P2 3700G is shipped with all the bells and whistles and well-configured: "The OS is pre-configured, has the latest graphics cards drivers installed and is running only neccessary processes in the background. Especially games the P2 3700G was designed for will benefit from the extremely fast access times."

Conclusion:

"Strictly speaking, the Shuttle XPC P2 3700G is Shuttle's most powerful gaming platform in shoebox size. In its highest configuration this Shuttle nearly surpasses anything we have seen in our test lab so far. Additionally, the unit was low power consuming compared to other gaming PCs and delivered a decent noise level."

Pros

• Handy
• Low power consumption
• Low noise in idle mode
• Extremely high gaming performance

Source: http://www.netzwelt.de/news/74651-shuttle-xpc-p2-3700g-im.html