Shuttle yesterday introduced the DS57U, the company's first barebone PC with a built-in Broadwell processor. The DS57U is delivered as a barebone PC and includes the case, motherboard, cooling system and power supply unit as its core components as standard.
The system is powered by a pre-installed Intel Celeron 3205U dual-core processor (2x 1.5 GHz) and has a fanless design. The passive cooling also ensures that no dust is sucked into the machine.
Once the two screws on both covers of the steel case are undone, space for one 2.5" hard drive or SSD drive and two SO-DIMM sockets with a capacity for up to 16 GB of DDR3L memory comes to light. One Mini-PCI Express slot (full-size) is available for additional expansions, e.g. an mSATA module. A second Mini-PCI Express slot (half-size) comes fitted with a WLAN module.
The dimensions of the case are 20 x 3.95 x 16.5 cm (DWH). The barebone sports two Intel Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and additionally has 2x USB 3.0, 1x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI and audio ports. At the rear side of the machine sits a multi-pin connector for remote power-on (e.g. in the case of fixed installation in an awkward position). The front panel unveils a card reader, four USB 2.0 ports and two RS-232 interfaces for connecting peripheral devices.
The DS57U can be operated in various positions, e.g. upright or mounted on suitable surfaces or monitors with the supplied VESA mount and has a MSRP of €192 / (about $200).
