Good news for the game-fans in the US. Shuttle’s new small form factor (SFF) gaming PC, the J3 5800 has been announced to be up for pre-orders in the US, directly from Shuttle’s US website for a starting price of $1,899. The package also includes full retail version of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction PC game.

As to the specs, J3 5800G stands out as being upgradeable up to Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition “Gulftown” and featuring NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 graphics card. It also offers up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 4TB of HDD, on-board 7.1 channel HD audio, 24×24 DVD+-RW Dual Layer EIDE Black optical drive, optional Blu-Ray Combo Drive and Blu-Ray Burner, 4-in-1 Card Reader, USB 2.0 ports, eSATA ports, Windows 7 OS and all in a size of 204mm (H) x 215mm (W) x 333mm (D).