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Shuttle SB81P Small Form-Factor System Review (page 3)

Category: Mobile

by Platon Scheblykin

[ 07/12/2005 | 10:20 AM ]

The rare panel is used up almost entirely.

The mainboard’s connectors peep out from the bottom of the rear panel. Two slits for the expansion cards are located nearby. The connectors are combined in a single block and include:

• Eight audio connectors, including optical SPDIF input and output, and coaxial SPDIF output
• Two PS/2 connectors
• One Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) connector
• Two USB 2.0 connectors
• One FireWire port
• One COM port
• The output of the integrated graphics core

A button for resetting the BIOS settings is located near these connectors on the rear panel. At the middle of the rear panel there are a power connector, a power switch and a fan. Two small system fans can be seen at the top.

The power supply installed in this barebone can output 350 watts of power which is quite a lot for a mini-system. This amount of power should be sufficient for all the system components, including the graphics card and SATA drives.