My New SN25P

YoSiMeTe_SaM · 23rd December 2005, 9:51 PM

G'day lads,

Just a few pics of yet another build.

This time i have used the SN25P.
I was a tad skeptical in regards to these barebone systems.
I asked a lot of questions and did a shite load of reading.

Well all i can say say is AWESOME

I am very impressed with the build and the setup of such a case.
I only had a few issues,bloody fidley little sucker more my goof hands lol.

One was having to swap the sata cables as the original are faulty, from what i have read
The second was my 7800GTX,it was a right royal pain in da ass to get into the PCI slot.

I had to leave off

the left hand duct that helps direct the air over the CPU.
Other than that it was a good to have a go on one of these XPC'S.
As for me i am converted SFF all the way.My specs are in my Sig

Here is a few pics hope you all enjoy

Cheers Sam

_the_duke_ · 23rd December 2005, 10:03 PM

What's the onboard sound like? Mine is shit, I have tried different drivers, versions of XP, and it still remains shit. Has no bass whatsoever and sounds distorted.

YoSiMeTe_SaM · 23rd December 2005, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by _the_duke_

What's the onboard sound like? Mine is shit, I have tried different drivers, versions of XP, and it still remains shit. Has no bass whatsoever and sounds distorted.

Did not even install the drivers lol...I knew the onboard sound was shit
so i bought the Audigy2 NX USB soundcard

_the_duke_ · 23rd December 2005, 10:10 PM

Grrrr, I am trying to find out why only some SN25P's seem to have absolute shit onboard sound and others don't.

YoSiMeTe_SaM · 23rd December 2005, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by _the_duke_

Grrrr, I am trying to find out why only some SN25P's seem to have absolute shit onboard sound and others don't.

I think it is called variances mate...Save ya $$$
Grab one of these little bombs

_the_duke_ · 23rd December 2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by YoSiMeTe_SaM

I think it is called variances mate...Save ya $$$
Grab one of these little bombs

Yes, but there shouldn't be any variances. I didn't expect it to be awesome, but every motherboard with onboard audio I have ever had sounds better than the SN25P.

Sumomaniac · 24th December 2005, 7:51 AM

I Just got my little SN25P about 2 weeks ago.... Im wrapped.

Gone are the days where you can upgrade a system in a years time. Things change that bloody often I bit the bullet and got one.

Im only running a 3700+ Sandy (1mb cache) at 2230mhz and a x800gt and I love this little sucker. Although my DVD drive and HDD are both PATA, so when the DVD spins up my HDD stops reading till its finished..... My SATA 300 drive should be here next week tho, then I will be able to take my HDD out of where the 3.5" floppy is supposed to go. Other then that - shuttle all the way

Cheers
Matt

Punk · 24th December 2005, 8:28 AM

as far as i know and have read everyone has shit onboard sound for the sn25p..

_the_duke_ · 24th December 2005, 1:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Punk

as far as i know and have read everyone has shit onboard sound for the sn25p..

Yes, but surely it cannot be as bad as mine, otherwise every single review would be slamming it and no one would buy them.

YoSiMeTe_SaM · 24th December 2005, 2:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _the_duke_

Yes, but surely it cannot be as bad as mine, otherwise every single review would be slamming it and no one would buy them.

When you installed the Nforce 4 chipset drivers,did you untick the Nvidia audio driver?

_the_duke_ · 24th December 2005, 3:17 PM

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Originally Posted by YoSiMeTe_SaM

When you installed the Nforce 4 chipset drivers,did you untick the Nvidia audio driver?

I have tried using the standard nForce4 audio drivers, and the ones from the VIA Arena site and it didn't make a difference.

Punk · 24th December 2005, 8:31 PM

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Originally Posted by _the_duke_

Yes, but surely it cannot be as bad as mine, otherwise every single review would be slamming it and no one would buy them.

the onboard, isn't bad, i found it good for games, just i missed the bass that is all, and to say no one would buy them because the onboard sound is crap is just stupid,

_the_duke_ · 24th December 2005, 9:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Punk

the onboard, isn't bad, i found it good for games, just i missed the bass that is all, and to say no one would buy them because the onboard sound is crap is just stupid,

OK, well mine must be worse than others. It would be OK if Shuttle were smart and decided to use a standard PCI slot, instead of a useless PCI-E 1x. Then I could use a cheap SB Audigy etc.

domsmith · 24th December 2005, 10:23 PM

If your after a shuttle with good onboard sound go for the SD11G5 thats what i did. Sound blaster live, pentium-m, sata, ddr2 and pci-e with an on board video card as well.

One of the best shuttles i have owned and i own quite a few. Can't fault it.

YoSiMeTe_SaM · 25th December 2005, 12:15 PM

Well today i received from Santa a pair of Sennheiser Headphones from my Wife

for my gaming, teamspeak and music

All i can say i OMG

23rd December 2005, 9:51 PM	#1
YoSiMeTe_SaM Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 755	My New SN25P G'day lads, Just a few pics of yet another build. This time i have used the SN25P. I was a tad skeptical in regards to these barebone systems. I asked a lot of questions and did a shite load of reading. Well all i can say say is AWESOME I am very impressed with the build and the setup of such a case. I only had a few issues,bloody fidley little sucker more my goof hands lol. One was having to swap the sata cables as the original are faulty, from what i have read The second was my 7800GTX,it was a right royal pain in da ass to get into the PCI slot. I had to leave off the left hand duct that helps direct the air over the CPU. Other than that it was a good to have a go on one of these XPC'S. As for me i am converted SFF all the way.My specs are in my Sig Here is a few pics hope you all enjoy Cheers Sam __________________ DELL XPS M1730 OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member Trades:Taupai\|Dennis_Prc\|Baby\|Coopz\|kme\|Coolio\|jas ter1mereel\|Kimnkk\|Bloar\|csimpson\|Beaistheman\|matt2 2\|Roger\|Ulan\|Bbq_69\|Herbo\|Sisco\|Godkilla\|Dukkie\|Sw amptigr\|farkas007\|biomaster\|SomeGuy1234 Xtremeoc'er\|CBuzz\|Martino\|Buzer\|Iceazn\|FalconGT\|Te rminalVeloCD\|Patmc\|The_Rick\|Skitzo\|davo_rulz\|predd er\|Znipa-X\|Kenetixx\|Fatboy\|Tox\|Whitehat67\|kathshan\|DaveS\|ko ma_white\|BigM \|iAl3xi\|sewid\|aXLe\| Last edited by YoSiMeTe_SaM; 23rd December 2005 at 10:10 PM.

23rd December 2005, 10:03 PM	#2
_the_duke_ Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Adelaide, SA Posts: 3,992	What's the onboard sound like? Mine is shit, I have tried different drivers, versions of XP, and it still remains shit. Has no bass whatsoever and sounds distorted. __________________ Do you see the way that tree bends?

23rd December 2005, 10:10 PM	#4
_the_duke_ Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Adelaide, SA Posts: 3,992	Grrrr, I am trying to find out why only some SN25P's seem to have absolute shit onboard sound and others don't. __________________ Do you see the way that tree bends?

24th December 2005, 8:28 AM	#8
Punk Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: frog Posts: 837	as far as i know and have read everyone has shit onboard sound for the sn25p.. __________________ ...

25th December 2005, 12:15 PM	#15
YoSiMeTe_SaM Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 755	Well today i received from Santa a pair of Sennheiser Headphones from my Wife for my gaming, teamspeak and music All i can say i OMG __________________ DELL XPS M1730 OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member Trades:Taupai\|Dennis_Prc\|Baby\|Coopz\|kme\|Coolio\|jas ter1mereel\|Kimnkk\|Bloar\|csimpson\|Beaistheman\|matt2 2\|Roger\|Ulan\|Bbq_69\|Herbo\|Sisco\|Godkilla\|Dukkie\|Sw amptigr\|farkas007\|biomaster\|SomeGuy1234 Xtremeoc'er\|CBuzz\|Martino\|Buzer\|Iceazn\|FalconGT\|Te rminalVeloCD\|Patmc\|The_Rick\|Skitzo\|davo_rulz\|predd er\|Znipa-X\|Kenetixx\|Fatboy\|Tox\|Whitehat67\|kathshan\|DaveS\|ko ma_white\|BigM \|iAl3xi\|sewid\|aXLe\|

24th December 2005, 7:51 AM	#7
Sumomaniac Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gunnedah NSW Posts: 419	I Just got my little SN25P about 2 weeks ago.... Im wrapped. Gone are the days where you can upgrade a system in a years time. Things change that bloody often I bit the bullet and got one. Im only running a 3700+ Sandy (1mb cache) at 2230mhz and a x800gt and I love this little sucker. Although my DVD drive and HDD are both PATA, so when the DVD spins up my HDD stops reading till its finished..... My SATA 300 drive should be here next week tho, then I will be able to take my HDD out of where the 3.5" floppy is supposed to go. Other then that - shuttle all the way Cheers Matt

24th December 2005, 10:23 PM	#14
domsmith Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 116	If your after a shuttle with good onboard sound go for the SD11G5 thats what i did. Sound blaster live, pentium-m, sata, ddr2 and pci-e with an on board video card as well. One of the best shuttles i have owned and i own quite a few. Can't fault it.