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Shuttle K-Series K48

Shuttle K-Series K48
alaScore 83

48 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 48 reviews of Shuttle K-Series K48. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Desktops for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Shuttle K-Series K48 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by (expertreviews.co.uk)

Shuttle K48 review

 

Shuttle's compact barebones systems have consistently impressed us.

Feb, 2009

Expert review by (v3.co.uk)

Review: Shuttle K48 barebones PC

 

Excellent build quality at an affordable price

Oct, 2008

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great PC

 

Installs iPC 10.5.6 in less than 30 minutes. Smokes any macks i've used. Had to use wireless adapter as I couldn't get ethernet drivers to work (windows is fine, don't worry). (Bad grammar on purpose)

Works great, very quiet, fast components ; I have XP and OSX on this and both FLY with a 2.5ghz processor and 2GB of ram. This was a budget build for around three-fitty dollarz. I definitely would purchase again for a budget build

Not enough USB ports, buy a hub. That's the only reason for 4 stars

Jun, 2009

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Works well

 

It is quite but the fan in the power supply need to be better quality.

I've only had it for a week, but out of the box it works ; I was very easy to set up and new windows were loaded with in 30 minutes

No expansion slot avaliable

Jun, 2009

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Won over

 

Here's what I built, anyway: 119.99 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 - Item #: N82E16819115206 41.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB - Item #: N82E16822136075 129.99 - Shuttle K48 Black Barebone - Item #: N82E16856101074 23.99 - LG 22X DVD±R DVD...

Easy (mostly) assembly ; Booted first try ; Very fast with relatively modest components IMO ; Made the mother in law happy ; This is my second review. My first was somewhat disparaging as I had just disassembled the entire box to get the motherboard...

Heat sink fitting not trivial ; Could have used a second SATA cable and an extra SATA power connector ; The motherboard has inadequate support beneath the processor and as a result it flexes just enough when you are trying to snap in those weird...

Jun, 2009

Consumer review (newegg.com)

funny fan install

 

just small portable

just got today from newegg, there is no ice cooler. normal fan screw dont fit on motherboard. i have other one xpc shuttle, got from auction. no problems ; this is really junk. don know how to fix my fan on this system

Jun, 2009

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Little cube

 

Would like to have one slot for a video card.

Quick easy setup. Works great with MythTV (MythBuntu) as a front/back end

The fan gets a little noisy at times

May, 2009

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good for low cost box

 

Add CPU, RAM, HD and DVD for good low cost system for home/office.

Since it has audio, network, video, etc built in for such a low price, it's great for putting together a computer for people who you know are not going to be changing their system. In fact, you can't change it except for the CPU and RAM

You can't change anything, there's no slots. This isn't a major drawback initially, however onboard audio/video/network does sometimes fail, and if it does you have no recourse. Also, sometimes certain programs may not play well with your onboard...

Mar, 2009

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Don't be cheap

 

I RMA'd and am going with another Shuttle SG33G5B barebones since I had such good luck with the first one I purchased. Don't be cheap spend the extra money up front I wish I did

This little guy si quiet, sleek, and easy to assemble and thats about it

Unable to support dual displays with extended desktop in XP, no ICE genie cooling system so I had to purchase an aftermarkey cpu fan whch was almost to large for the case and limited me adding a second HDD. It just seemed like one problem after another...

Mar, 2009

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Excellent box

 

Used an Intel E2200, seagate 500gb sata HD, 2 gb memory, liteon sata dvd burner, sata power splitter.

Well made; typical components installed with no extra effort. Can specific 256mb video in bios. No surprises at all.

Few cons,, a little high pitched sound from the power supply. Need to buy molex-to-sata power (or 1 sata to 2) cable, as only 1 sata connector there.

Mar, 2009

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