Built into a stylish aluminium chassis, the NDX runs cool and quiet. A full noise damping kit as standard ensures this workstation is even quiet enough for home office users. With Dual Intel Xeon 55/56 (Nehalem/Westmere EP) series processors this is a very powerful yet affordable workstation system.
16th March 2010 - New specification, includes support for new Intel 4 and 6-core 32nm processors.

 

Prices	Ex. VAT	Inc. VAT
Dual Intel® Xeon™ E5503 2.0GHz/2c/4MB L3 Processor £1,944.36 £2,284.63 Dual Intel® Xeon™ E5507 2.26GHz/4c/4MB L3 Processor £2,104.36 £2,472.63 Dual Intel® Xeon™ E5620 2.40GHz/4c/12MB L3 Processor £2,284.36 £2,684.13 Dual Intel® Xeon™ L5609 1.86GHz/4c/12MB L3 Processor £2,364.36 £2,778.13 Dual Intel® Xeon™ L5630 2.13GHz/4c/12MB L3 Processor £2,534.36 £2,977.88 Dual Intel® Xeon™ E5630 2.53GHz/4c/12MB L3 Processor £2,564.36 £3,013.13 Dual Intel® Xeon™ E5640 2.66GHz/4c/12MB L3 Processor £2,944.36 £3,459.63 Dual Intel® Xeon™ L5640 2.26GHz/6c/12MB L3 Processor £3,324.36 £3,906.13 Dual Intel® Xeon™ X5650 2.66GHz/6c/12MB L3 Processor £3,324.36 £3,906.13 Dual Intel® Xeon™ X5667 3.06GHz/4c/12MB L3 Processor £4,084.36 £4,799.13 Dual Intel® Xeon™ X5670 2.93GHz/6c/12MB L3 Processor £4,104.36 £4,822.63 Dual Intel® Xeon™ X5677 3.47GHz/4c/12MB L3 Processor £4,464.36 £5,245.63 Dual Intel® Xeon™ X5680 3.33GHz/6c/12MB L3 Processor £4,464.36 £5,245.63
Last Updated 19 July 2010

Case

Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 Chassis No PSU

• Suitable for ATX & Extended ATX motherboards
• 5 x 5.25" External Bays, 6 x 3.5" Internal Bays, 1 External 3.5"
• Cooling: 1x intake,(bottom 120mm,3x exhaust(2x top,1x rear)120mm
• Top panel: USB 2.0 x 4, IEEE 1394 x 1, Audio x 1, SPK x 1, eSATA x 1
• Dimensions 628mm(D) x 266mm(W) x 598mm(H)
• More information is available here

 

PSU

be quiet! Dark Power PRO P8 Modular 1000Watt, the ultimate low noise efficent PSU

• Compatible with the latest ATX 12V 2.3 Version and EPS 12V V2.92
• 92% Silver efficiency rated. Prize-winning 120mm SilentWings fan
• Power Spec: +12V1 @ 25A,V2,3 @ 22A,V4,5,6 @ 32A, Max. 960Watts
• Power Spec: +5V @ 30.0A, +3.3V @ 24.0A,-12v @ 0.5A,+5Vsb @ 4.0A
• Suitable for Triple Graphics card (SLI / CrossFire) Systems
• Motherboard Power: 20+4pin, 12V P8, 2 x 12V P4
• PCIe modular connectors: 3 x (6+2)Pin, 3 x 6Pin
• Manufacturer 3 year limited warranty
• EuP compliant - consumes less than 0.31 watts in standby
• Support Intel deep power-down C6 status
• More information is available here

 

Low Noise Kit

Coolermaster COSMOS sound-deadening side panels, using high density foam

• standard equipment
• Helps absorb the noise from Fans and mechanical hard drives

 

System Cooler

Standard manufacturer supplied case fans (Coolermaster COSMOS 1000)

• 2 x roof fans (12cm) 1200RPM 17dBA
• Single rear fan (12cm) 1200rpm 17dBA
• 2 optional 12cm fans may be installed. One above the drive cage and one
• at the bottom of the chassis to improve cooling when multiple Hard drives
• or powerfull GPU(s) or other high end adapters are installed
• see our Enhanced system cooling kit - Cosmos 1000

 

Motherboard

Supermicro X8DAi Rev 2 Dual Xeon™ 56xx/55xx Wortstation E-ATX Motherboard

• Intel 5520+ICH10R+IOH-36D Chipset. (C2 stepping)
• Supports Dual Intel Xeon 55/56xx Processors with 3-ch.memory controller
• Supports DDR3 1066/1333 ECC REG Memory in 4x3 DIMM sets (12 Dimms)
• Slots: 2x PCIe2 (x16), 1x PCIe2 (x4) x8 slot, 3x PCI. IPMI 2 (SIMLC) Slot
• 6x SATA-II RAID, 8-Ch.HD Audio,2xGB-LAN,10x USB 2.0, 2x 1394a,FDD
• Rev 2.0 board, with full support for 32nm (Westmere-EP) Xeon processors
• On-board TPM to support Westmere Xeon Trusted eXecection Technology (TXT)
• Note: Memory installed in sets of 3 modules for optimum performance
• DDR3-1333 supported with 3 modules / processor (6 total)
• DDR3-1066 max supported with 6 modules / processor (12 total)
• More information is available here

 

CPU Cooler

Supermicro SNK-P0035AP4 Low Noise Cooler for LGA775/1366 Processors (PAIR)

• Quad Heat-pipe with 9cm low noise 4-pin PWM fan (19.5dBA)
• LGA775/1366 CPU Support including Xeon W55xx Nehalem EP
• Suitable for Workstation chassis, 4U Rack server
• More information is available here

 

Memory

6 x 1GB DDR3-1333 ECC Registered SDRAM Module

• Approved for Intel Nehalem EP motherboards
• Supported processor required for 1333MHz Speed (Xeon X5550 or higher)
• Supported processor required for 1066MHz Speed (Xeon 5520 or higher)

 

Graphics

PNY QuadroFX 1800 768MB GDDR3 PCI-E Professional 3D Graphics Card

• 768MB GDDR3 Memory @ 38.4GB/sec
• 3D Primitive Performance - 268 Million trianges/sec,17.6 Billion texels/sec
• 64 CUDA Processor cores. 59Watts power consumption
• OpenGL 3, DirectX 10, Shader model 4.0, FSAA x32 (maximum)
• Display connectors: 1 x DVI-I (Dual-Link), 2 x Display Port (2 max active)
• More information is available here

 

Hard drive

Hitachi 7K2000 2TB SATA-II Desktop Hard Disk

• Capacity: 2TB, suitable for desktops, Workstations and NAS systems*
• SATA 3.0Gb/s interface, 7,200 RPM Rotational Speed
• 8.2ms (Read, tyupical). 32MB cache. Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Acoustics: Idle/typical 2.9 Bels. 7.5 Watts Idle power
• 3 Year Warranty. 800,000 hours MTFB
• *Availability: 24x7 (low duty cycle), ideal for media/NAS server
• More information is available here

 

CD/DVD Drive

Sony NEC Optiarc Multi-Format DVD Writer (SATA)

• Black bezel. Tray loading drive. SATA Interface
• Average Acess Time: 180ms (DVD), 150ms (CD)
• Max Sustained Transfer Rate: 21MB/s (DVD 16x), 7MB/s (CD 48x)
• Writes: DVD+/-R 18x,+RW 8x,-RW 6x,+R DL 8x,-R DL 8x,DVD-RAM 12x
• 1 Year Limited Warranty. Includes Nero 7 Software Suite
• More information is available here

 

Floppy drives

Akasa 8-slot Flash media/SIMM/Smart card reader. Internal 3.5" USB 2.0

• Supports most modern flash card formats for cameras and mobile phones
• CFI,CFII,MS Pro/Ultra,SD/SDHC/MMC,M2,MicroSD/SDHC.TransFlash etc.
• also supports: Smart cards and SIM mobile phone cards, GSM, 2G, 3G
• Internal motherboard USB 2.0 connection up to 480 Mbit/s
• Fits into conventional 3.5" floppy drive bay. Black or white Bezel included
• More information is available here

 

Network

Dual Gigabit LAN controllers (built onto the motherboard)

 

Sound

On-board Sound. High Definition 7.1 Channel Audio, built onto the motherboard

 

O/S

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64Bit (OEM)

• We include original Microsoft factory Installation CD with each system
• Price includes Installation
• Features Aero 3D Desktop interface, Remote Desktop
• Business Networking, Bitlocker Drive encryption, Full Backup & Restore
• Windows XP Mode - runs Windows XP as a virtual machine inside Win7
• More information is available here

 

Anti Virus

Microsoft Security Essentials Anti-Virus & Anti-Spam (FREE)

• Why pay when you can get this for free ?
• Based on a cut down version of Microsoft OneCare, this comprehensive
• Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware is completely free from Microsoft!
• Supports all Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems XP/Vista/Win7 32/64bit
• NOT supported on Server operating systems
• More information is available here

 

Warranty

Armari 2 Year Standard Workstation Warranty for Systems

• 1st Year on-site, 2nd Year RTB (Parts & Labour)
• 2nd Year Optional collection & return service £55 per callout
• Collection is via protective flight case so you don't need to keep the box!
• Terms & conditions of on-site warranty available on request
• On-site service applies to UK Mainland only

 

Power measurements are in Watts, taken from a calibrated meter on the mains input.
Measurements were taken from Magnetar® NDX workstation of the following configuration
The GREEN left power icon represents a system running at idle with Intel Speedstep Enabled
The RED right power icon represents a system running at 100% CPU & GPU load (OCCT PSU)

Dual Intel Xeon X5680 3.33GHz 6-core processors
24GB in 6 x 4GB DDR3-1333 Memory
2 x 500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 SATA II Hard Drives
Zotac GeForce GTX470 1.28GB Graphics card
Sony NEC DVD R/W
Logitech USB Keyboard & Mouse
Be Quiet 1000Watt Dark Power PRO PSU

Noise level rating guide - measured using EXTECH sound level meter at 1m from front of
the base unit. Base unit placed on top of a desk at waist height with wall directly behind
system to help simulate worse case conditions. Room backgroud noise at ~28dBA
System running light tasks much as email & web browsing. Typical CPU load of 25% or less

) - noise level of 30dBA or less (quiet bedroom at night)
)) - noise level of 35dbA or less (doctors patients waiting room)
))) - noise level of 40dBA or less (quiet library)
)))) - noise level of 45dBA or less (living room / quiet room daytime)
))))) - noise level or 50dBA or greater (conversation, quiet office)