Shuttle KPC K45 Barebone (Intel 945GC Chipset, 2 x 240 pin DDR2 DIMM Slots, 4 x USB, 100 Watt Psu, FSB 1333)

by Shuttle

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 7.5 x 6.7 inches ; 6.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00155R78C
• Item model number: K45-K1-BK-V1
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,667 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 4, 2008

Product Description

Let`s make the world a better place, and lower electric power consumption at your home and office by using the Shuttle KPC K45. This system will not only help the environment but it is also easy on your wallet. Just to give you an example, the K45 is a green friendly cube which consumes just 1/3* the amount of power a standard system would and save hundreds to thousands of dollars for your home or office. Without a doubt the K45 is easy to use solution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Starting Point..., November 10, 2008

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D. Smith (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shuttle KPC K45 Barebone (Intel 945GC Chipset, 2 x 240 pin DDR2 DIMM Slots, 4 x USB, 100 Watt Psu, FSB 1333) (Personal Computers)

This is the best way to start your basic computer project.
Add a Celeron Dual Core CPU, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and a 500GB drive you have a pretty decent Internet/Email/NAS/Media Server. The build is so quick you will be up and running before you can figure out what KPC means. Adding a 92mm fan will help keep temperatures under control if you have it running in a room with warm/hot ambient temperatures. Add an external USB Slim DVD-RW drive and a Flash card reader and you have an affordable plus very portable multimedia PC. NOTE: Look for the Shuttle K48 case if you would rather install an internal DVD-RW drive. But be aware that the K48 does not have a PCI expansion slot like this K45.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Small, Quiet and looks Great, March 15, 2009

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Steve (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shuttle KPC K45 Barebone (Intel 945GC Chipset, 2 x 240 pin DDR2 DIMM Slots, 4 x USB, 100 Watt Psu, FSB 1333) (Personal Computers)

Picked up one of these from my local Fry's for $90 recently. Picked up a kaze 40x40x20 (mm) fan to replace the one in the power supply. Read about the replacement on newegg and it worked great. This made the power supply silent to me. Did require some minor soldering though.

Put in a 92mm Antec 3 speed case fan on lowest setting. Used the heatsink/fan from an old core 2 duo (4 wire). I mention 4 wire as I initially used the heatsink/fan that came with the Celeron 420 I put in this box and it only had 3 wires. It ran at full speed making it very loud. With a 4 pin fan, you can control the speed through the bios.

The box is cool to the touch and very quiet with these changes. I use it for my firewall/router box running pfsense. I have a 4 port NIC in the PCI slot and all is running great. I can easily upgrade the CPU to a core 2 duo if I have the need.

I would have given it 5 stars if they would have included the faceplate that has the slim cdrom cutout. The case already has the mounting for it, but the faceplate included covers it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars K45 Works Great For Me, February 25, 2009

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Whitham D. Reeve "Program User" (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shuttle KPC K45 Barebone (Intel 945GC Chipset, 2 x 240 pin DDR2 DIMM Slots, 4 x USB, 100 Watt Psu, FSB 1333) (Personal Computers)

I've owned a K45 since August 2008 and use it in a lightning detection system [...] and weather station logging system . The PCI card slot holds the lightning detection receiver, and I run Windows XP PRO SP3. The K45 runs 24/7 and I have had zero problems with the hardware. The Windows applications software for the weather station (Davis Instruments WeatherLink) is not as reliable, but the K45 itself is trouble-free. When I first received the K45, I was surprised how easily and quickly I was able to install the CPU, RAM, hard drive and operating system. It came up immediately with no problems.