Shuttle XPC Cube Barebone SZ170R8 Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2016-05-24

With the SZ170R8, Shuttle has eliminated some of the compatibility with somewhat unused hardware nowadays like optical drives and made some serious space for installing no less than four 3.5’’ drives inside the 14.2 litre chassis. A fan was also added in front in order to cool these but also for facilitating a more fluent airflow from the front to the back of the case; the case does support installation of up to 64GB of RAM (DDR4, 2133MHz), a dual-slot video card (which can be powered by one 6-pin and one 8-pin PSU connector), a M.2 SSD, an optional Wireless LAN card, a COM-port for special applications but also 2.5’’ drives with an extra adapter.

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Product Specifications

Chassis

Black aluminium chassis

Front panel: brushed aluminium

Front doors for USB ports

Kensington Security Slot at the back panel (also called K-Slot or Kensington lock) as a part of an anti-theft system

Dimensions: 33.2 x 21,6 x 19.8 cm (LWH), 14.2 litre

Weight: 3.5 kg net / 5.0 kg gross

 

Storage bays

Storage bays: 4x 3.5" (internal)

Using the optional accessory PHD3 two 2.5" drives can be installed into one 3.5" bay.

 

Mainboard / Chipset

Shuttle "FZ170", Shuttle Form Factor proprietary design for XPC cube Barebone SZ170R8

Dimensions: 270 x 195 mm

Chipset: Intel® Z170 Chipset

(Intel® GL82Z170 PCH, code name "Sunrise Point")

Platform Controller Hub (PCH) as Single-Chip-Solution

Solid Capacitors for sensitive areas provide excellent heat resistance for enhanced system durability

 

BIOS

AMI BIOS, SPI Interface, 32 MBit Flash-ROM with SPI interface

Supports PnP, ACPI 3.0, Hardware Monitoring

Supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

Supports boot up from external USB flash memory

 

Power supply

Built in 500 Watt mini switching power supply (PC63J)

AC input voltage: supports 100~240V, 50~60 Hz

80 PLUS Silver [9] compliant: the PSU provides at least 85/89/85% of efficiency at 20/50/100% of load.

Active PFC circuit (Power Factor Correction)

ATX main power connectors: 2x10 and 2x2 pins

Graphics power connector: 6 pins and 8 pins

Other connectors: 4x SATA, 2x Molex, 1x Floppy

 

Operation System

This system comes without operating system.

It is compatible with Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7 and Linux - 64 bit.

 

Processor support

Socket LGA 1151 (H4) supports the sixth generation of Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3, Pentium and Celeron processors

Maximum supported processor power consumption (TDP) = 95W

Codename "Skylake", 14nm process technology, up to 8 MB of L3 cache

Not compatible with Intel Xeon E3 V5 processors with Socket LGA1151 and processors with the older Socket LGA 1150.

Supports the unlock-function of Intel K-Series processors.

The processor integrates PCI-Express, memory controller and the graphics engine on the same die (performance features depending on processor type)

Please refer to the support list for detailed processor support information at global.shuttle.com.

 

Processor cooling

Shuttle I.C.E. (Integrated Cooling Engine)

Advanced I.C.E. Heatpipe technology with 3 pipes

Temperature controlled 92 mm fan

SilentX cooling and noise reduction technology with Active Airflow

 

Memory support

4 x 288-pin slots

Supports DDR4-2133 memory (PC4-17066) at 1.2V

Supports 2+2 Dual Channel mode

Supports max. 16 GB per DIMM, maximum total size of 64 GB

 

Integrated Graphics

The features of the integrated Intel HD graphics function

depend on the processor type used.

Supports DirectX 12, OGL 5.x, OCL 2.x

The PC features three digital video outputs [6]:

- HDMI v1.4 (supports 1080p/60 and 2160p/30)

- 2x DisplayPort v1.2 (support 1080p/60 and 2160p/60)

Supports displays with 4K Ultra HD resolution at 3840 x 2160 [3]

Supports three independent FullHD displays with the integrated graphics function

Supports more displays in combination with a discrete graphics card [2]

Supports Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDCP content protection

Supports multi-channel digital audio over the same cable

Maximum shared memory of 512 MB

 

PCIe Expansion Slots

1x PCI-Express x16 v3.0 slot (PEG, for graphics cards only)

1x PCI-Express x4 v3.0 slot

This XPC supports dual-slot (double-width) graphics cards - in this case the second PCI-Express slot will be occupied.

Graphics power connector: 6-pin

 

M.2 SSD slot

The M.2 2280 BM slot provides the following interfaces:

- PCI-Express Gen. 3.0 X4 with up to 32 Gbps Data Transfer Speed

- SATA v3.0 (max. 6 Gbps)

It supports M.2 cards with a width of 22 mm and a length of 42, 60 or 80 mm (type 2242, 2260, 2280).

Supports M.2 SSDs with SATA or PCI-Express interface

 

Mini PCIe Slot

Mini-PCIe Half-Size slot

with PCIe 2.0 and USB 2.0 interface supports one optional Wireless Network (WLAN) card

 

7.1-Channel HD audio

7.1 channel High Definition Audio with Realtek ALC892 codec

Analog: line-out (7.1-ch), line-in, microphone, AUX input (onboard)

Digital Audio via HDMI and DisplayPort outputs

 

Gigabit LAN

Intel i219LM PHY connected to the MAC of the processor

Supports 10 / 100 / 1.000 MBit/s operation

Supports WAKE ON LAN (WOL)

Supports network boot by Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)

 

SATA connectors

The mainboard provides six Serial-ATA 3.0 interfaces, max. 6 Gbps supported

4x Serial ATA connector onboard

1x External Serial ATA (eSATA) connector at the back panel

1x M.2 slot onboard for flash memory cards

Supports Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST, Raid 0/1/5/10, JBOD)

 

Front Panel Connectors and Buttons

Microphone input

Headphone output (line-out)

2x USB 3.0

Power button

Power indicator (blue LED)

Hard disk drive indicator (yellow LED)

 

Back Panel Connectors

HDMI v1.4

2x DisplayPort v1.2 [5]

6x USB 3.0

GigaBit LAN (RJ45)

External Serial ATA (eSATA 6 Gb/s)

7.1-ch Audio line-out (2x rear/front, bass/center, surround/back)

Audio Line-in

Clear CMOS button

Optional: serial port RS-232 (Accessory: H-RS232)

3x perforation for optional WLAN antennas

 

Other Onboard Connectors

2x USB 2.0 (2x 5-pin)

1x RS232 (2x 5-pin) for optional accessory H-RS232

2x fan connectors (4 pin), one connector is occupied

Low Pin Count header (LPC, 2x 10 pin, 2 mm pitch size)

Occupied front connectors: USB 3.0, USB2.0, audio, power buttons, LEDs

 

Included Accessories

Multi-language XPC Installation Guide (EN, DE, FR, ES, JP, KR, SC, TC)

32/64 bit driver disk for Windows

4x Serial ATA cables

AC Power Cord (with protective-earth contacts)

Heatsink Compound

Protector cap for the CPU socket (do not use if heat-pipe or fan is mounted)

Bag with screws

 

Optional Accessories

PHD3: 3.5" to 2.5" adapter

H-RS232: Backpanel COM port adapter for RS232 serial interface

WLN-C: Wireless LAN 802.11n module with two external antennas

WLN-P: Wireless LAN 802.11ac + BT4.0 module with two external antennas

 

Environmental Spec

Operating temperature range: 0~35°C

Relative humidity range: 10~90% (non-condensing)

 

Certifications / Compliance

EMI: FCC, CE, BSMI, C-Tick

Safety: ETL, CB, BSMI

Other: RoHS, ErP 2013 Lot 3, Energy Star 5.2

 

Conformity

This device is classed as a technical information equipment (ITE) in class B and is intended for use in the living room or office. The CE-mark approves the conformity by the EU-guidelines:

- EMV-guideline 89/336/EWG electromagnetic tolerance

- LVD-guideline 73/23/EWG use of electric devices within certain voltage-limits

 

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