Shuttle SG31G2V2 Intel Socket T(LGA775) Intel G31 Barebone

Pros: Small size, decent number of ports, easy setup, low noise, cool. Runs great with 2.9Ghz C2D, 2GB ram, 500GB HDD, and DVD drive. could even OC the processor a little bit without worrying about heat too much.

Cons: 1 sata cable, 250w PSU (could be a bit more powerful)

Overall Review: would it be so much trouble to throw in another sata cable? had to salvage a sata off another computer to hook up my hdd and dvd drive.

Pros: This thing is great. I had concerns about the power supply not being able to handle the components I had in mind. Currently, I have an Intel E8400 Core2, 2x 10k velociraptors, 4gb, and a higher end 8800gt powered graphics card. This system has no problem powering everything. I was able to overclock the cpu a bit and still keep everything cool inside. Came with everything I needed to keep cables nice and neat inside.

Cons: The fan gets loud when I game. Not too bad. I have decent speakers so that drowns out the fan noise.

Overall Review: I originally built this for my mom just as an everyday pc. Once I saw that I could spiff it up a little bit, I gave her my two year old dell. She'll never know the difference.

Pros: These are mostly solid little machines and are an easy build. They are compatible with the entire Core2 and Pentium Dual Core line up. They look nice and run quiet. I'll mention again what an easy build they are. It takes about 15 minutes to install RAM, Processor, and an optical drive.

Cons: Power supplies. The last 6 months of the previous version and so far, all of this version suffer from power supply problems. We have 85 SG31Gx deployed and all of them purchased in the last 6 months have needed power supply replacements within 120 days. I had to stock a handful of the 300w replacement and those are almost a hundred bucks each purchased through Shuttle, so that drives up the cost per unit. Shuttle RMA on the power supplies has been hit and miss. They've approved a few and denied a few trying to charge me another sixty bucks to send me back a bad power supply.

Overall Review: Building on a budget, I'd still have to recommend the SG31Gx. But for single machine owners, there is a risk of the machine ending up down for a couple of weeks while you RMA a power supply. If that is a concern, you might consider one of the Shuttles that has the 300w or better as standard equipment or you might think about upgrading the power supply immediately.

Pros: I didn't have any trouble building this up for a girlfriend's daughter's "First PC". Went with the onboard video, a 2.8GHz "Wolfdale", 2gig of G.Skil ram, a 320 GB WD "Caviar Blue", an LG SATA DVD burner, and XP Pro. Runs great! The "ICE" heatsink/cooler is pretty cool, and keeps the inside of the case less cluttered, along with pulling out the Shuttle IDE cable, and using a SATA DVD. I didn't use the included drivers disk, as I've always gone to the manufacturer's website to get the latest drivers before I start a build. Really easy build, and I had it finished about 3 hours from opening the box.

Cons: No floppy connector on the motherboard, so I put a memory card reader in the "floppy" drive bay. Yeah, I know, floppies are supposed to be obsolete, but an awful lot of people feel naked without them. Got her daughter a USB floppy even though I doubt she'll ever use it.

Overall Review: Small, QUIET, and looks nice.

Pros: Included everything I needed, all the screws, thermal paste, internal cables for standard configuration. Small form factor. Easy to assemble drive bay. Nice number of SATA, power, and USB connections. Runs very quiet. Well put together. Easy to assemble.

Cons: Installation instructions were a bit thin. I had to go to the web to get some of my questions answered. The power LED on the front is really bright. 7.1 surround sound is via analog outputs. The analog video out is a little less crisp than my other computer, but that might be due to my LCD monitor. Overall, these are all minor cons.

Overall Review: The ICE2 cooler means you don't need the fan that comes with the CPU.

Pros: Great space saving box, for the money I don't think you can buy a better case. The ICE Cooling system is outstanding, the box is whisper quiet and proc temps are around 30 degrees. Plenty of USB ports is great and it comes with thermal grease!

Cons: 2.5 bays are tight, but usable.

Overall Review: These are work horse boxes with a quad core and 4 GB of RAM. I enjoy building these and applaud shuttle for a nice design.

Pros: I've purchased two of these units and had no problems. One of the units has been running non-stop for two months under heavy load (number crunching) with a Intel quad core. The other is a home system with an intel dual core 3ghz (both 45nm). The DDR2800 setup is nice to keep cost down and plenty fast enough for XP.

Cons: Comes with serial port adapter. Price is on the high side for old technology.

Overall Review: The chipsets used are all proven and solid. Looking at the other reviews, there appears to be some quality issues, but I have not seen any in my units. The previous version was also very good (I purchased nearly 10 of those for the lab I was working in). Memory brands used: OCZ, GSkill, and ADATA. Hard drives - Seagate and WD Green and Black series. Always used onboard video that can run two monitors without issues.

Pros: It's sold out and not available to New Egg customers.

Cons: Bought 2. 1st one worked o.k. but has problems starting the monitor, and had other quirks like restarting anytime it wanted to. 2nd one had the same problem with the monitor not starting. Had to reset the BIOS everytime this happen which it should not ever!! Returned this unit for an exchange but hopefully get better luck with the next unit.

Overall Review: We use a lot of Shuttle products and they have been awesome with other products like the SG45H7 and those Primas barebone systems. It's just this model gave me hell with 2 of the same back to back orders.