THE GOOD Built-in fingerprint reader; external SATA data and power ports.
THE BAD Too-small case rules out second graphics card; outperformed by systems that cost $1,500 less.
THE BOTTOM LINE Shuttle wants the XPC P2 4800X to compete with Falcon Northwest's FragBox 2 as a small gaming PC. But from the case to the configuration Shuttle sent to us, we don't get any sense that Shuttle knows what PC gamers really want.