XPC Slim DS87 Intel Haswell H87 chipset LGA 1150 i3/i5/i7/Pentium, Support 4K Ultra HD Video, Heatpipe Cooling Module

This is an awesome little barebones pc! It looks just like an external dvd/bluray drive (tho it's actually smaller than one). Assembly was a breeze and. tho I only skimmed the instructions, they looked more than adequate. I used a Core i7-4970S processor, two 8GB sticks of not-particularly-special Crucial DDR3-1600 RAM, a 256 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD & a 250 GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD and everything has been running perfectly (and quietly).Note that I didn't use the provided heatsink compound, which I expect is low-performance generic gray mud; I used Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra instead. It's overkill for a system like this, but I've always had good results with it and had some on-hand. Also, because I can't leave well enough alone, I used a dremel to completely cut away the two fan grills on the top of the case and stuck a magnetic 140mm DEMCifilter ( DEMCiflex 140mm Magnetic Fan Dust Filter - Black ) to the top to cover the holes and provide protection from dust and creature fur. If you don't get a DEMCifilter, get SOME kind of filter to put on top of the case. Otherwise, the fans will pull in dust and anything else floating around in the air and the cooling performance will ultimately degrade, resulting in the fans needing to run at higher (louder) speeds in order to adequately cool the system.You may have noticed that I have two drives installed... The specs and documentation fail to mention that there's a second, fully functional, SATA port on the tiny motherboard. To install the second drive, I had to get an additional 6" right-angle SATA cable ( StarTech.com 6 Inch SATA to Right Angle SATA Serial ATA Cable (SATA6RA1) ) AND a short SATA power splitter ( StarTech.com PYO2SATA 6in SATA Power Y Splitter Cable Adapter - M/F ). I also had to tape the second drive to the top of the first drive, since there are no holes in the hard drive bracket for installing a second drive, despite the fact that a second one fits in there perfectly. It was a bit of a chore to get the cables routed so that I could reassemble the PC without having to squish anything (this is probably why they don't mention the second port)... but patience does pay off! The second drive was recognized by the computer AND windows immediately on the next boot.Overall, I'm quite pleased with this purchase. With the components that I installed, this baby performs really well and it's near silent. The fans have not ramped up very often from "normal" use and when they have, it's been only for brief moments and they weren't particularly loud. However, if you run some demanding apps and really push the processor, the fans WILL ramp up to full speed, at which point they're little screamers. My normal computer use (Web, 1080p videos, Excel, Word, Photoshop, Dreamweaver) rarely pushes the fans above 1600 rpm, which is VERY quiet.Check my screenshots of the system specs, idle temps, and the two SSD's running on the Shuttle.

I had built several Shuttle cubes prior to the DS87. This build has an EVO 850 mSata card partitioned for Windows and data, Kingston 240 SSD data drive, 16 gigs RAM (manufacturer and model recommended by Amazon), and i5 4690s. The specs for compatible processors must be adhered to.I gave 4 stars, as I had trouble getting video, the mSata and one of the ram chips to work. I reached out to Shuttle but did not get a response. I rolled up my sleeves and tried different workarounds finally getting it all to work after several days.Overall, I am very pleased with the performance and silence of this machine. Would still recommend.

I bought three of these boxes for an ESXi lab. All three worked fine after I built them with all the parts I ordered. I used them for a couple of labs and then powered them off and didn't use them for a month. Now when I powered them on again to continue with other labs they don't post at all. Blue light comes on but no video on all three. If you're going to buy one of these I suggest you use it daily and hope if it does break that it happens before the 30 day warranty expires with Amazon.

Missing SD card slot on front.

Not a big fan of the CPU and case cooling setup, but I do like the dual NICs. I used these to create pfSense firewall/routers for my customers and they work great for that.

Day ummm! I love this little thing! It is 100% dead silent, 0 noise, none - which is not surprising for a fanless PC with a SSD in it; but wow, that simple fact in practice, is far more awesome than I was expecting it to be. As an IT professional, after 25+ years of being serenaded by those whiny little computer fans, this makes me feel like I died and went to computer geek heaven!Oh, and it's not just quiet - it's a very (very) decent little computer to boot. Physically, it is built like a tank - I think you could throw it off a 3rd story window onto concrete and not hurt it to speak of other than to scuff the paint. I don't think I've ever handled a computer more solid feeling. Performance wise, so long as you feed it a nice SSD (which is true of pretty much any computer these days), it's plenty for what you want to do. With 4GB of RAM in it, it boots Win 7 x64 in very snappy time, well under 30 seconds (maybe under 20 - it's very 'snap snap'). It also performs well otherwise too - I run Cakewalk Sonar (X1 Producer ver, which is a couple versions old now) which is a fairly high end digital audio workstation platform, which is extremely resource intensive, and it cranks that out nicely, very snappy, no noticeable lag or choking under load for general usage. Some long running tasks like generating a final mix from a dozen or so separate tracks are very noticeably longer than on my 8 core AMD 'big machine', but meh - 60 seconds vs 30 seconds - I still don't have time to go get a cup of coffee while I wait! The latest version Sonar has upped the system requirements considerably according to the spec sheet, so I'm not sure how well it would run that, but for my old X1 Producer version, it's 100% good enough to git er done (in some ways far more so than the 8 core AMD that has 6 or 8 fans in it to keep it cool, the noise of which makes recording clean audio very difficult).Anyway, I am in love with it. 5 stars+. I will never buy another system with fans in it again.

I have installed Ubuntu and run a number of things (development related, no gaming though) and everything works perfectly fine. Silent as described. I have placed it under my TV and I am pretty happy with the performance.Shipping didn't taking much time, received within 4-5 days.My Configuration:CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K, LGA 1150 4GHZHarddisk: Samsung 500G SSDRAM: 16GB Crucial Ram (2 modules) from a broken macbook pro

Provato sia con windows che con linux, tutto ok.Non e' rumoroso ma molto dipende dal processore che viene installato. Con un i3 4360T (basso consumo TDP=35W) non si sente neppure a pieno carico.Non consiglierei processori da 65w, anche se possono essere montati, perche' l'aria calda deve essere smaltita da 2 ventole di soli 6 cm e a piena velocita' diventano rumorose.Unico appunto, il bios di vecchia scuola, non uefi, e la fragilita degli sportellini anteriori, che andrebbero usati il meno possibile, o al limite rimossi.Nel complesso un buon prodotto, anche perche' prevede la possibilita' di un utile masterizzatore dvd slim, raro in macchine cosi compatte

Ich habe einen Schlicht aussehenden Mini-PC mit viel Leistung gesucht, den ich als Media-PC neben meinen TV stellen kann. Der SHUTTLE SPC DS87 hat mir sofort gefallen, da er auf unnötige Design-Elemente verzichtet (eben einfach nur eine unauffällige schwarze Box).Positiv:- macht einen stabilen Eindruck dank des gut und sauber verarbeiteten Blechgehäuses.- sehr Leistungsstark (mit den entsprechenden Komponenten).- sehr leise im Normalbetrieb (Internet surfen, Video ansehen).- kleinNegativ:- Nur 2 von insgesamt 8 USB-Anschlüssen sind USB 3.0, und die leider nur an der Rückseite.- Die blaue Power-LED ist etwas zu hell, im Dunkeln wirkt sie etwas störend.Meine Ausstattung der Komponenten:- CPU: *  Intel Core i7-4790S Low Power LGA1150 (3.2 GHz, 4.0 GHz Turbo, 4 Kerne, 8 Threads, 8 MB L3-Cache, 65 Watt) - RAM:  Kingston KVR16S11K2/16 Arbeitspeicher 16GB (1600MHz, PC3-12800, CL11, 2x 8GB) DDR3-SO-DIMM - SSD:  Samsung MZ-M5E120BW 850 EVO interne SSD 120GB (mSATA) - WLAN:  Shuttle WLAN Kit für slim series PC Bei CPU und RAM habe ich mich an die empfohlenen Komponenten der Kompatibilitäts-Liste von der Shuttle-Homepage gehalten. Bei der SSD habe ich eine von Samsung genommen, weil ich mit Samsung SSD's der 850er Serie gute Erfahrungen gemacht habe. Das Shuttle WLAN-Kit kann ich nicht empfehlen. Es funkt ausschließlich auf 2,4 GHz und bringt bei mir nur eine Verbindung mit 144mbit statt 300mbit zustande, obwohl der Router nur 2m entfernt steht. Da tut ein günstiger USB WLAN-Stick bessere arbeit.*) Bei der CPU habe ich die Boxed-Variante (mit CPU-Lüfter) genommen, da die Tray-Version (ohne CPU-Lüfter) bei Amazon um einiges teurer war. Der bei der Boxed-Version mitgelieferte CPU-Kühler wird nicht benötigt (hätte auch gar keinen Platz im Gehäuse).Einbau:Der Einbau der Komponenten gestaltet sich recht einfach. Das Gehäuse war mit 2 Schrauben leicht zu öffnen. Anschließend musste noch die Halterung für die 2,5" Platte mit 1 Schraube gelöst werden um an den CPU-Kühler zu gelangen, der mit 4 Schrauben befestigt ist. Das Einsetzen von CPU, RAM, WLAN und SSD war erwartungsgemäß auch einfach. Passende Wärmeleit-Paste für die CPU ist im Lieferumfang des PC's enthalten. Die Installation der 2 WLAN-Antennen des optionalen WLAN-Kits gestaltete sich als eine etwas längere Fummelei.Lautstärke der 2 eingebauten Lüfter:Der PC läuft im Normalbetrieb (Internet surfen, Filme ansehen) sehr leise (das Schnurren meiner Katze ist lauter). Bei 3D-Spielen (z.B. Need For Speed - Hot Pursuit 2010) werden die 2 Lüfter etwas schneller, sind aber dennoch nicht übermäßig laut. Beim H.264 Encoding von Video-Aufnahmen wird die CPU bei 100% Auslastung richtig gefordert und die Lüfter schalten ab etwa 85-90°C Kern-Temperatur auf volle Leistung, wobei sie sehr laut werden. Aber der PC soll bei mir nicht zum Encoding von Videos dienen, dazu habe ich meinen großen PC.Als Betriebssystem habe ich mich für Windows7 64bit entschieden, mit dem der SHUTTLE auch sehr gut läuft. Die Installation erfolgte über einen USB-Stick. Die Treiber-Installation gestaltete sich durch die mitgelieferte Treiber-CD sehr einfach. Diese CD sollte man sich vorher allerdings auch auf einen USB-Stick kopieren, sofern man über kein externes CD/DVD-Laufwerk verfügt.Benchmark-Ergebnisse (Intel Core i7-4790S mit Intel HD Graphics 4600 bei 1280x720):PassMark PerformanceTest 8.0: 3461 Punkte (CPU: 10087, 2D: 911, 3D: 792, RAM: 2570, HDD: 4704)3D Mark 2013 1.5.884: 793 Punkte (Ice Storm: 69139, Cloud Gate: 8060, Sky Diver: 3642, Fire Strike: 793)Bisher bin ich mit dem SHUTTLE SPC DS87 sehr zufrieden. Für meine Bedürfnisse der ideale Mini-PC. Intel Core i7-4790S Low Power LGA1150 (3.2 GHz, 4.0 GHz Turbo, 4 Kerne, 8 Threads, 8 MB L3-Cache, 65 Watt)Kingston KVR16S11K2/16 Arbeitspeicher 16GB (1600MHz, PC3-12800, CL11, 2x 8GB) DDR3-SO-DIMMSamsung MZ-M5E120BW 850 EVO interne SSD 120GB (mSATA)Shuttle WLAN Kit für slim series PC

Wie kann man nur einen Media Player auf Android Basis zur Verwendung von Apps bauen und den Zugang zu Google Play sperren? Eine Standard-Tastatur erkennt das Teil auch nicht und somit ohne eigene Programmierung von Apps nicht brauchbar. Ich dachte das das Gerät wie angepriesen easy als 24/7 Player für Messen benutz werden kann und zwischendurch als Wohnzimmer Internet Zugang mit Video-Player. Aber wenn das Teil nicht mal eine Tastatur erkennt und der eingebaute Player nicht mal eine Endlosschleife spielen kann hat Shuttle das Ziel klar Verfehlt. Geht umgehend zurück.

Comme toujours, shuttle fait encore un bon produitchauffe peu, silencieux sur un I5 et un SSD corsair.je l'utilise en HTPC