Shuttle’s SN41G2 & SK41G: Two Athlon Small Form Factor PCs

New Cooling – Ready for the Athlon XP 3200+

One of the more differentiating factors between Shuttle and other SFF PC manufacturers has always been Shuttle’s extremely quiet cooling system. Using a combination of a low profile heatsink with heatpipes and a temperature controlled fan, Shuttle is able to provide adequately cooling to the system with only a single fan.

Unfortunately, the Athlon XP platform doesn’t have as easy to implement cooling system as the Pentium 4. The lack of any sort of retention bracket meant that Shuttle would have to find some other way of securing their large heatsink without making its installation dangerous to the health of the core.

Shuttle’s solution worked surprisingly well; the heatsink screws into the four mounting holes and strong springs prevent you from overtightening the screws while giving you the appropriate amount of pressure on the Athlon XP core beneath the heatsink.

In order to ensure that you won’t accidentally crush your core, Shuttle ships both Athlon XPCs with a copper shim to provide a contact surface even with the height of the core. The copper shim Shuttle provides can be used with all Socket-A CPUs, whether Thunderbird, Palomino or Thoroughbred core.