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Shuttle XPC slim DA320 Robust 1.3-litre Mini PC for AMD Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2021-02-14

The 1.3-litre XPC slim DA320 mini PC from Shuttle is the company’s first AMD compact barebone and features most of the connectivity options we have seen with the Intel variants. The chassis is not the latest design as the DH470, meaning that we do not get USB Type-C ports, the new frontal panel or air filters on the top cover but all other aspects do match the previous barebone SKU. In terms of performance with a similarly priced Intel CPU (such as the i3-10100), the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G does fall a bit behind regarding CPU performance, but simply destroys the Intel platform when looking at the GPU scores.

A Closer Look Part III

Near the 4-pin CPU fan header we will notice the Realtek ALC662 audio CODEC:

The UEFI BIOS IC is joined by the removable CR2032 CMOS battery:

Two DDR4 SODIMM slots are available for installing a maximum of 32GB; the Ryzen APUs do support RAM with speeds up to 2933MHz, while the Athlon APUs come with support of up to 2666MHz:

The M.2-2230E slot supports installation of WLAN cards:

For better cooling on the chipset, we will find a small aluminum heatsink on it, secured with two pushpins:

The M.2-2280M slot does come with support for SSDs of different formats:

The CPU and memory VRM are conveniently placed near perforated area of the chassis, for better cooling:

The 2-fan cooling system we have found many times before with other Shuttle barebones and should be fine with SoC TDPs of around 65W:

On its back we will find two heatpipes travelling from the copper CPU plate to the exterior, for a more efficient heat evacuation:

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