After just over three years of being my main PC (upgraded as far as running Vista) my Shuttle SB51G has now been replaced by a newer, shinier, younger, but larger model (picture of the case is on the left). Inside this new streamlined beast is an Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of Corsair RAM, A Western Digital Raptor Raptor SATA HDD sat on an ASUS P5LD2-VM Micro-ATX motherboard. Phew.
Compared to my old Shuttle it flies like doo-doo off a proverbial spade. I know that the Vista WEI (Windows Experience Index) is nothing really to go by in terms of real performance counters but to give you an indication:
The Shuttle-PC (P4 2.3Ghz, 1GB SDRAM, IDE HDD, ATI 9700 Pro)
And the new PC:
I’m also running Vista x64 which is proving to be.. err.. well I haven’t noticed any real difference yet.