After the power-on I entered the BIOS and modified some settings such as: Once the hardware parts are installed it was time for the first power-on. The documentation that Shuttle provides is very clear so the hardware installation went without any problems. PCIe to M.2 adapter (Lycom DT-120 M.2 PCIe to PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter) and installed a Samsung 950 Pro 512 GB M.2 SSD.Intel Gigabit NIC (dedicated for my storage connection to my QNAP NAS).I added the following spare parts that are lying around: The mainboard has two slots for PCI-e cards, 1 x PCIe X16 (v3.0) supports dual-slot graphics cards up to 273 mm length for example and 1 x PCIe X4 (v3.0).Attach the Samsung EVO 970 1 TB NVMe SSD in the M.2 2280 slot.Insert the 4 memory modules in the DIMM slots. The Shuttle supports up to 64 GB DDR4 memory.heatpipe cooler on the CPU and attach the fan. Shuttle has a own Integrated Cooling Engine (I.C.E.) heatpipe technology that delivers cooling for the CPU with a 92 mm fan.Install the Intel CPU and add some thermal paste.Open the barebone Shuttle by removing 3 screws on the back and the move the aluminium case away.Shuttle provides step by step documentation that describes every step. Once all the hardware parts were delivered it was time to build the Shuttle XPC SH370R6 Plus. ( *1) Shuttle has a hardware compatibility list available ( link). Besides the SSD I use an existing QNAP NAS with a NFS connection to this host. The Samsung EVO 970 1 TB NVMe SSD will be used as local datastore for storing VMs. I used Kingston ValueRAM KVR26N19D8/16 that is not on the Shuttle hardware compatibility list ( *1) but can be found in the Kingston compatibility list. This is very unique for a barebone system on the moment. The maximum memory the Shuttle can handle is 64 GB. The decision was based on pricing, horse power and power consumption. It has a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 65 W. In the future I can change the 1 Gigabit NIC for a 10 Gigabit NIC for example.Īs CPU i decided to use an Intel Core i7 8700 8th generation Intel Core “Coffee Lake” processor with 6 cores and 12 threads. I will use both slots with spare sparts, one slot for a Intel Gigabit NIC and the other slot for an extra M.2 slot. 1 x PCIe X16 (v3.0) supports dual-slot graphics cards up to 273 mm length,.The Shuttle has two slots available for add-on cards: There is one Intel Gigabit I211 NIC onboard. The Shuttle SH370R6 plus has a 500 W Power supply so a GPU can be added if needed. PSU: Integrated 300 Watt (80 PLUS Bronze) in the SH370R6 or 500 Watt (80 PLUS Silver) in the SH370R6 plus version.Connections: 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 2, 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 4 x USB 2.0,.Video: HDMI 2.0a and 2 x DisplayPort 1.2.SATA: 4 x SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s) supports RAID and RST.Slots: 1 x PCIe X16 (v3.0) supports dual-slot graphics cards up to 273 mm length, 1 x PCIe X4 (v3.0), 1 x M.2-2280 (SATA / PCIe X4) supports M.2 SSDs, 1 x M.2-2230 supports WLAN cards.Memory: up to 4 x 16 GB DDR-2400/2666 DIMM modules.Supports three digital UHD displays at once Integrated Graphics: Intel UHD graphics 610/630 (in the processor).A CPU with a maximum of 95 Watt Thermal Design Power (TDP) is supported. Supports 8th and 9th generation Intel Core “Coffee Lake” processors such as Core i9 / i7 / i5 / i3, Pentium or Celeron Shuttle has a I.C.E. Chassis: black aluminium (33.2 x 21.5 x 19 cm).The Shuttle XPC cube barebone SH370R6 Plus has the following specifications: You’ll need to pick certain parts such as CPU, memory and disk(s) to match you’re needs. Dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet onboard NICsĪ barebone is pre-installed system with a mainboard, GPU, Power Supply Unit (PSU), CPU cooler and cables in a small form factor.9th generation Intel Core i9 processor support (The latest BIOS of the SH370R6 Shuttle also supports the 9th generation of Intel Core CPUs).The Shuttle SH370R8 has the following new enhancements: Update May 13, 2019: A new Shuttle SH370R8 is released. USB stick: Kingston Datatraveler 100 G3 32 GB Memory: 4 x 16 GB, Kingston ValueRAM KVR26N19D8/16 In my searching journey I’ll ended having the following Bill Of Materials (BOM) shopping list: Partsīarebone System: Shuttle XPC cube barebone SH370R6 Plus (500 Watt (80 PLUS Silver) PSU.ĬPU: Intel Core i7 8700 with 6 cores and 12 threads 65W I did some research for a new home lab host and investigated hosts such as the Intel NUC, Apple Mac Mini 2018, Supermicro and Shuttle. Ability to run the latest VMware ESXi 6.7 U1 version.I had the following requirements for the new home lab host: The hardware resources (CPU and memory) on the NUC were limiting my lab activities. For my home lab I needed a new host that replaces my Intel NUC ( link) that act as management host.
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