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Armari 1040C8B [PC Pro]
COMPANY: Armari	PRICE: Ł6,399 exc VAT
RATING:	ISSUE: 143 DATE: Sep 06

Verdict: Despite the incredible processor count, storage and expansion are barely compromised. For the price, this will be tough to beat

By Dave Mitchell

SPECIFICATIONS:
1U Supermicro SC818S+-1000 chassis • Supermicro H8QC8+ motherboard • 4 x 2.2GHz AMD Opteron 875 • Nvidia Nforce Pro 2200 chipset • 8GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM expandable to 32GB • 2 x IDE/133 • 4 x SATA 2 interfaces • Adaptec 7902 dual-channel Ultra320 with HostRAID supporting RAID0, 1 and 10 • 2 x 146GB Fujitsu Ultra320 SCSI hard disks in hot-swap carriers • dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet • IPMI 2 BMC • 1,000W cold-swap power supply • Supermicro SuperO Doctor III and IPMI View software bundled