Shuttle's NForce2 XPC?

[nmcglennon]

Any comments on this? I am thinging about upgrading my Athlon 2100+ running the VIA333 chipset (housed in an Antec 4/3 case), to the NForce2 XPC since it is smaller, and slightly faster... Any comments?
What is the fastest Athlon XP processor that the NForce2 can use due to heat restrictions?
Anyone have any stats on this? Would I still be able to use my Geforce 4 Ti 4200 Card in it?

 

[nord1899]

No heat restrictions that I know of at least not CPU wise. Shuttle has verified that all the current Athlon CPUs, including the Bartons, will work. I'm running a Barton 2500 with no problems.

Only heat issue might be duel hard drives. Some hard drives run warmer than others so that might cause a problem for the life span of the hard drives.

Also, as pointed out by ricecar in another thread, the Power Supply can be over taxed if you have something like a GF FX. But I have a GF4/4200 myself with absolutely no problems. Running BF1942 at 1024x768x32@120hz and getting 70-100fps. No crashes.

 

[ericboo]

Do yourself a favor and head here. Tons of Shuttle talk going on. All issues with the SN41 that you are referring to.