With 24-SMT Cores, 24GB of high speed Memory, lightening fast 3rd generation SATA 6Gb SSD storage, and the latest and fastest Professional 3D card under the bonnet, the Magnetar X24 is breaking all the records and has already been called the "Pagani Zonda" of the workstation world by Digital Arts magazine, winning a coveted "Best Buy" award.

Read the Digital Arts Review

The workstation comes with a Dell 27" Deep Colour (1 Billion+ colour display) and the very latest in cordless keyboard & mouse technology that gives on average a 3yr life from a single set of batteries.

Due to the recent poor exchange rate of the pounds against the US$, we have regrettably had to increase the price of the X24 Workstation in-line with component price increases. However this system still comes with a significant discount off our standard web pricing.

Please call 01923 225550 directly to place an order for this system

For customers looking for a similar but more modestly specified configuration, please take a look at our standard Magnetar X24 or Magnetar NDX solutions based on the same platform.

 

Prices	Ex. VAT	Inc. VAT
Dual Intel® Xeon™ X5680 3.33GHz/6c/12MB L3 Processor £6,467.53 £7,599.34
Last Updated 13 August 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

 

System Cooler

SanAce - 12cm (120x120x25mm) Low noise, Japanese quality long life cooling fan

• Japanese quality, long life, dual ball bearing cooling fan (40,000hrs)
• 3pin variable RPM fan (motherboard controlled).Up to 24dB(A) and 58CFM
• Each fan is individually computer balanced to reduce vibrarion and noise
• 30cm 3-wire cable

 

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 4GB DDR3-1333 Dual Rank ECC Registered SDRAM Module (Supermicro Qualified)

• Qualified for Supermicro Xeon 5500 series (LGA 1366) Motherboards
• Dual Rank 4GB modules allow up to 3 modules / CPU without drop in speed
• Supported processor required for 1333MHz Speed (Xeon X5550 or higher)
• Supported processor required for 1066MHz Speed (Xeon 5520 or higher)

 

Graphics

ATI FirePro V8800 Pro3D PCIe2 x16 Pro Graphics Card (Dual slot)

• 2GB GDDR5 Memory. 256-bit interface GDDR5. 147GB/sec bandwidth
• Drivers optimised and certified for leading DCC and CAD applications
• 1600 stream processors, OpenGL 3.2, DirectX 11, Shader model 5
• 4x Displayport connectors with ATI Eyefinity display technology
• 3-pin Stereo Out (via header cable on I/O plate).Genlock/Framelock option
• Supports OpenCL 1.0
• Performance: 2.72 TFLOPS (single precision), 544 GFLOPS (double precision)
• Supplimental Power: 2 x 6pin PCIe
• 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

 

Hard drive

Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 128GB SSD SATA 6Gb/s MLC High Performance

• Capacity: 128GB, 2.5inch Format
• SATA 6Gb/s Interface, compatible with SATA 3Gb/s controllers
• Sustained Read Rate: up to 355MB/s (SATA 6Gb), 265MB/sec (SATA 3Gb)
• Sustained Write Rate: up to 140MB/s
• Industry leading random I/O performance.50K IOPS read, 30K IOPs write
• 3 year manufacturer warranty.
• This drive is currently one of the fastest MLC NAND Flash SSD in production!
• More information is available here

 

CD/DVD Drive

LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray 10x Disc Rewriter Drive (Retail)

• Black bezel. Tray loading drive. SATA interface
• Average Acess Time: 180ms (BD), 160ms (DVD), 150ms (CD)
• Read: BD-ROM,BD-R,DVD-RAM,DVD+/-R(DL)
• Write: BR-R(DL/SL LTH),BR-RE (SL/DL),DVD-R DL,DVD-RW,CD-R/RW
• Included Cyberlink BD Software. 2 Year Manufacturer Warranty
• 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

 

USB Card

Asus U3S6 2x port SATA 6Gb, 2x port USB3 PCIe2 x4

• 2x External USB 3.0 (4.8Gbps) ports (supports USB 2.0/1.1 devices)
• 2x Internal SATA 3.0 (6.0Gbps) ports
• PCI Express Gen2 x4 interface
• Controller runs SATA devices in AHCI mode.
• O/S support: Windows 7/Vista/XP, 32/64Bit
• 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

 

Monitor

Dell Ultrasharp U2711W 27" 30-bit colour widescreen LCD Flat Panel Monitor (Black)

• Native Resolution : 2560 x 1440, 16:9, Response time : 6ms (g to g)
• Contrast Ratio: 1000 : 1 (80,000 dynamic), Brightness: 400 cd / m²
• Interface: DisplayPort,HDMI,2x DVI w/HDCP,VGA,Component,composite
• Height Adjustable Stand, Intergrated USB 2.0 hub, 8 in 1 card reader
• 3 Year Dell Warranty.
• H-IPS 10-bit panel with 12-bit internal processing supporting >1billion colours
• Colour support: 110% colour gamut
• Note: A professional ATI FirePro or NVIDIA QuadroFX graphics card is required
• to be able to support 10-bit colour / channel.
• Software applications also need to be 30-bit aware in order display images with
• greater than 24-bit colour.
• More information is available here

 

Keyboard

Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710 (Keyboard & Mouse kit) with 3 year battery life!

• Logitech® Incurve keys™ for hours of comfortable typing
• 3 years battery life for keyboard & mouse. Uses 4 standard AA batteries
• (based on estimate of 2,000,000 keystrokes) Batteries included.
• USB Interface
• 3 Year manufacturer warranty
• More information is available here

 

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