Cannon PC has finally lifted the veil on the RX Series Rack Mount Media Center PC. It has the power of an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz processor within and boast the ability to hold up to 2TB of hard drive space in the form of half a dozen hot-swappable SATA II drives. Other specifications include 2GB of high speed RAM that can be expanded up to a whooping 8GB, a dual-layer DVD drive, and an NVIDIA 7900 series GeForce graphics chipset. The RX Series Rack Mount Media Center PC is a prime candidate for those in the market for a serious home theater solution. More specs and features to follow after the jump. Case:
• All Steel, Rack Mount Case
• 6 Hot Swappable SATA Drives
• Ultra Quiet, low noise design
• EIST Technology to run cool
• 19″ x 21.5″ x 7″ (482mm x 545mm x 177mm)
Processor: Pentium 2.4 Core 2 Duo Processor (E6600)
Chipset:
• Intel 975XBX Motherboard
• Northbridge: Intel 975X Express Chipset
• Southbridge : Intel ICH7R
BIOS Features: 8 MB Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, WfM2.0
Front Side Bus: 1066/800 MHz
Memory: 2 GB, PC5300 DDR2 667 (maximum of 8 GBs)
Hard Drives:
• 6 x 400 GB SATA 300 7200 RPM with NCQ (Native Command Queuing) Hot swappable drives
• Total Space = 2.4 TB (RAID 0)
• Total Space = 2.0 TB (RAID 5)
• Total Space = 1.0 TB (RAID 0,1)
Storage:
Intel ICH6R South Bridge supports:
• 1 x Ultra DMA 100/66/33 hard disk
• 4 x Serial ATA hard disks with RAID 0, Raid 1 configuration and Intel Matrix Storage Technology
Silicon Image 3114R Raid controller supports:
• 4 x serial ATA hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (software patch, no WHQL) configuration
ITE 8212F IDE RAID controller supports:
• 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 hard disks
• RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configuration
Video Card: GeForce 7900 PCI-Express x16, 256 MB RAM
TV Tuners: 2 theater quality TV Tuners
HDTV Tuner: 1 HDTV Tuner Card
Audio:
• 192Khz/24 Bit 8 Channel HD Audio
• Universal Audio Jack
• 2 S/PDIF output ports (1 coax, 1 optical)
• Audio Sensing and Enumeration Technology
• Dolby Digital Live 5.1
• DTS
12-in-1 Card Reader (with front I/O audio ports):
• 12 in 1 digital media card reader
• front Mic and headphone jacks
LAN Support: 1 Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82573E/82573V/82574V Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Firewire Ports:
• 1 – Fire wire 400 (1394a) – Front
• 1 – Fire wire 400 (1394a) – Rear
USB Ports: 8 USB 2.0 ports. (4 rear, 1 front)
Expansion Slots:
• 1 x PCI Express x 16 slots (used by video card)
• 1 x PCI Express x 16 / x8 slot (open)
• 1 x PCI Express x 16 / x4 slot (open)
• 2 x PCI slots (used; 2 TV tuners, 1 HDTV tuner)
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