Until Shuttle released the 845GE chipset based XPC, their focus was always on design rather than performance. However, the 845GE based SB51G performed similar to a regular ATX sized motherboard which made Pentium4 owners happy. Of course AMD owners constitute a large part of the DIY market and Shuttle had to make sure to keep them happy as well. And they did the best possible thing- make an XPC based on the nForce2 chipset which is definitely the most exciting chipset for the Athlon right now. Lets take a look at the SN41G2.