Compact design, easy to read instructions. Included driver CD worked just fine with Vista.

Extremely loud/Noisy. Even with speed step enabled, I regularly hear the fan crank up. The VFD display was obviously scratched on arrival. 1 big fat capacitor immediately to the left of one PCI slot renders the slot unusable for a second Hauppage 1600...

Simple to assemble barebones model. Mine has Q6600, Vista Ultimate, 4GB memory, 120GB disk, Pioneer Blu-ray player. Shuttle support very responsive. Removes most of cabling headaches with preinstalled PSU, USB, Fan. System only uses 146 watts of...

Intel G33 graphics not supported for Blu-ray playback by most main DVD software (i.e. WINDVD, POWERDVD, TMT). No Vista 64-bit VFD driver or XPC tools from Shuttle yet. Cores are running 52-54C.

To many options to list. Hooked this up to sony 52"" HDTV and 26"" monitor via HDMI and the Blu-Ray movies are amazing. XPC tools is great little utility. Nice looking front panel.

HEAT, NOISE, Video Card Room!!! First off make sure this is in an open air environment. The temp runs about 40 C inside the case and the processor is @ 56 C with my Quad Core. I can get the processor down to about 46 C but the fan has to be blowing...