The Serenity T series features a piano black gloss finish system unit, that not only looks great, but is whisper quiet in operation. The Serenity TA-300 is an extremely well equipped midi tower PC. At the heart of this system sits a high specification Asus Phenom II motherboard supporting Quad PCI express x16 slots and CrossFireX Multi-GPU technology.

* image shows optional Samsung 226BW 22" Monitor

 

Prices	Ex. VAT	Inc. VAT
AMD Phenom II X2 550 - Dual Core 3.0GHz CPU £1,019.39 £1,197.79 AMD Phenom II X3 710 - Tri Core 2.6GHz CPU £1,034.39 £1,215.41 AMD Phenom II X3 705e - Tri Core 2.5GHz CPU £1,034.39 £1,215.41 AMD Phenom II X3 720 - Tri Core 2.8GHz CPU £1,049.39 £1,233.04 AMD Phenom II X4 945 - Quad Core 3.0GHz CPU £1,064.39 £1,250.66 AMD Phenom II X4 955 - Quad Core 3.2GHz CPU £1,069.39 £1,256.54 AMD Phenom II X4 810 - Quad Core 2.6GHz CPU £1,074.39 £1,262.41 AMD Phenom II X4 905e - Quad Core 2.5GHz CPU £1,079.39 £1,268.29
Last Updated 13 August 2010

Case

ANTEC Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Midi Tower with low noise 500Watt PSU

• Piano Black midi tower case with front drive bay door.
• 3 x 5.25" + 2 x 3.5" external bays, 4 x 3.5" internal hard drive bays
• Cooling:120mm rear fan.Optional:120mm HDD,92mm CPU,80mm graphics
• Front Panel: 2xUSB, eSATA and Audio In/Out connectors
• Dimensions: 16.7"(H) x 18.2"(D) x 8.1"(W)
• More information is available here

 

Motherboard

Asus M4A79T Deluxe AMD Socket AM3 ATX Motherboard

• AMD 790FX+SB750 Chipset. CrossfireX Support. HyperTransport 3.0
• Supports AMD AM3 (Phenom,II,X2,3,4 & Athlon X2,Sempron) processors
• Supports up to 16GB DDR3 (1600 OC/1333/1066MHz) Memory in 4 DIMMs
• Slots: 4x PCIe2.0 x16(2 @ x16 or 3 @ x16,x8,x8 or 4 @ x8), 2xPCI
• 5xSATA2 RAID,1x eSATA,1xATA,8 Ch.HD Audio,S/PDIF,GB-Lan,12xUSB2
• Supports CPUs up to max. 140Watts
• More information is available here

 

CPU Cooler

Zalman CNPS10X Quiet, high performance very low noise CPU Cooler

• Supports Intel LGA775/1366/1152 and AMD AM2/3/754/939/940
• 6 heatpipes and massive 6,817 cm2 dissipation area
• Weight: 750g, Dimensions: 135mm(L)x100(w)x160(h)
• Acoustic noise level: from 20-26dB(A) / 700-1400RPM 3-pin Fan
• Includes variable fan speed controller (Fan Mate 2).
• More information is available here

 

Memory

2 x 2GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600) SDRAM

 

Graphics

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E with EyeFinity & CrossfireX

• ATI Radeon RV870 PRO GPU. Core Clock Speed 725MHz. HDCP support
• Memory Clock Speed 1000MHz(QDR)/1GB GDDR5/256bit bus @ 128GB/sec
• 1440 stream processors,72 TMUs,32 ROPs. Full DirectX 11 & OpenGL 3.2
• 2 x Dual Link DVI, HDMI, Display port. 3-screen EyeFinity support
• UVD2 - Hardware accelerated video decoding of H.264,AVC and VC-1
• Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay™ technology
• Idle power: 27 Watts, Full power: 170Watts
• Card requires 2 x PCIe 6-pin power. Dual slot cooler
• More information is available here

 

Hard drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB 32MB SATA-II Hard Drive - Model ST31000528AS

• Capacity: 1TB, Designed for High Performance Desktop systems
• SATA 3GB/s interface with native command queuing (NCQ), 7200RPM
• Average Seek - TBA, 32MB cache
• Acoustics: Idle Mode 2.5 bels (average), Seek Mode 2.7 bels (average)
• 3 Years Warranty
• ST31000528AS
• 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

 

Keyboard

Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 710 Laser

• Requires USB or PS/2 Connection
• 5 Year Warranty
• Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Laser Mouse with Scrolling Wheel
• 27 MHz USB RF Wireless Receiver
• music, video, volume, email, IM, & Programmable Hot-Keys
• Features:-
• Contoured, wave-shaped key design conforms naturally to your fingers.
• A curved profile and uniform-size keys promote an ergonomically correct, more comfortable hand position.
• Cushioned, contoured palm rest
• Adjustable keyboard height
• Comfortable mouse design
• Audio cable management
• 4 x AA alkaline batteries
• Plastic keyboard dust cover
• More information is available here

 

O/S

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64Bit (OEM) with Windows 7 upgrade

• We include original Microsoft factory Installation CD with each system
• Price includes Installation
• Features Aero 3D desktop interface and Media Center, but does
• not include; Remote Desktop, Business networking or Bitlocker encryption
• includes Upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium released on October 22nd
• More information is available here

 

Anti Virus

Avast Antivirus 4 - Free for Home and non commercial users - Windows O/S

• Supports Windows XP, MCE, XP 64Bit, Vista 32Bit and 64Bit all versions
• Simply register online to activate your free copy !
• Runs for initial 60 day trial period before requiring activation
• Commercial customers need to purchase Avast Professional from the
• Avast web site.
• More information is available here

 

Warranty

Armari 2 Year standard office/home PC warranty

• 1st Year on-site, 2nd Year RTB (Parts & Labour)
• 2nd Year Optional collection & return service £60 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
• Service applies to UK Mainland only

 

Power measurements are in Watts, taken from a calibrated meter on the mains input.
Measurements were taken from Serenity CA-100 PC of the following configuration
The GREEN left power icon represents a system running at idle with AMD PowerNow! Enabled
The RED right power icon represents a system running with full CPU load, all cores at 100%

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 - DC 2.2GHz
2GB in 2 x 1GB DDR2-667 Memory
500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA II Drive
nVidia 7600GS 256MB Graphics Card
Windows XP Professional