Below you see the package of the device as it arrived to our labs. Following Shuttle's usual design, some basic information about the DH310S PC is provided at the rear side of the box:

Besides the carefully packaged main unit, the retail box includes units the following accessories:

1. Multi-language user guide (EN, DE, FR, ES, JP, KR, SC, TC)
2. Four screws M3 x 4 mm (to mount a 2.5" storage device into the bay)
3. Two screws M3 x 5 mm (silver colour, to mount two M.2 cards)
4. Driver DVD (Windows 64-bit)
5. Serial ATA cable for 2.5" drive including power cable
6. External 90 W power adapter with power cord
7. Protection cap for CPU socket (do not use if heatpipe or fan is mounted)
8. Heatsink compound

The barebone includes no CPU, DDR4 memory or a HDD/SSD. So before using it, make sure to get these components. Provided that we have to do with an entry-level PC, we have chosen the following parts, which will not increase your overall budget than much.

We installed a Intel Pentium Dual Core Gold G5400 processor (~50 Euros); a Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 SODIMM kit (~44 Euros) and a Crucial BX500 960GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch SSD (~111 Euros.) Alternatively, you could use a lower capacity SSD, such as the BX500 240GB (~33 Euro).

Below you see pictures of the DH310S PC. Sized at just 190 x 165 x 43 mm, it can be conveniently "hide" at the back of an 24" LCD monitor. Without any CPU, memory and SSD installed, the box weigh less than 1.3kg.

Both sides of the box have ventilation holes to keep system cool.

The available I/O ports and buttons are shown in the picture below.

The front side of the device includes the microphone input, an audio Line-out (headphones), 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type C, 2x USB 2.0, an SD card reader, the Power button and two leds ( Power LED (blue) - HDD LED (yellow). The SD Card reader supports SD, SDHC and SDXC up to v3.01 memory flash cards and has a UHS-I interface that supports up to 104 MB/s (SDR104). The SD card reader is powered by the Realtek RTS5227S chip with a PCIe chipset interface and of course supports booting up from an SD card.

The rear panel includes:

• 1x HDMI 1.4b connector [supports DVI-D with optional adapter]
• 1x DisplayPort 1.2 connector (DP) [The DisplayPort output can be converted to HDMI or DVI by an additional, passive adapter cable. The integrated graphics automatically detects the connected display and puts out the appropriate electric signal - either through DisplayPort (without an adapter) or HDMI/DVI (with an adapter). However, a monitor with a DisplayPort connector cannot be connected to the HDMI port with a simple, passive adapter.]
  Optional: 1x D-Sub VGA connector (Accessory PVG01)
• 2x USB 3.1 Gen 1
• 2x USB 2.0
• 1x Gigabit LAN (RJ45) (Realtek 8111H Ethernet network controller, supports 10 / 100 / 1.000 MBit/s operation, supports WAKE ON LAN (WOL), supports network boot by Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
• 1x DC-input connector for external power adapter
• 1x 4-pin connector (2.54 mm pitch) supporting: external power on button, clear CMOS function and +5V DC voltage for external components
• 2x Perforation for optional Wireless LAN antennas
• 2x hole for Kensington Locks

As you may have realized, the system lacks an HDMI 2.0a interface, which is provided in slightly more expensive models, such as the Shuttle DH310V2. For your reference, below you see a comparison of the two similary-designed devices: