It is time to look upon another interesting barebone from Shuttle, taking part of the DS20U series. The new XPC slim barebones come with Comet-Lake-U processors and feature passive cooling for a completely silent experience. The connectivity options are plenty and we can choose from multiple CPU options, depending on the applications you will run:

 

-Celeron 5205U

-Core i3-10110U

-Core i5-10210U

-Core i7-10510U

 

This type of chassis does support easy upgrades in terms of RAM, storage, while the large heatsink which cools the SoC is placed on the opposite side, in order not to add heat to the rest of the components.

 

The barebone is shipped inside a compact cardboard box with the usual box-art from Shuttle:

 

 

 

The box is provided with a plastic handle, for easy manipulation:

 

 

 

On one of the sides, we will note a large sticker with the product technical specifications:

 

 

 

As we have been accustomed before with Shuttle products, these come very well packed, with lots of foam on the inside:

 

 

 

Besides the main product, the DS20U5 barebone we will receive some documentation inside a transparent, resealable plastic bag but also a separate cardboard box with the hardware bundle:

 

 

 

In terms of documentation, we will get the DS10U VESA mount installation instructions:

 

 

 

A separate leaflet covers the hardware installation of the additional components, to transform the DS20U5 into a bootable computer:

 

 

 

Let’s open the box and see what we have inside:

 

 

 

We have the power lead, the power adapter, the VESA mounts, the necessary mounting screws, the vertical mount feet but also a disk with the drivers and documentation (also present online):