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Tranquil PC SQA-5H Home Server in Desktop PCs

Verdict

A high price, but you get what you pay for - this is rock-solid, well-featured Home Server appliance.

Review Date: 8 Dec 2008

Price when reviewed: £439 (£505 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
6 stars out of 6

Features & Design
6 stars out of 6

Value for Money
4 stars out of 6

Performance
6 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code SQA-5H-1000
Review Date 8 Dec 2008
Price ex VAT £439
Price inc VAT £505
Overall rating 6 stars out of 6
Performance 6 stars out of 6
Features & Design 6 stars out of 6
Value for Money 4 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 3 year(s) return to base
Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity 500
RAM capacity 1.00GB
Screen size N/A
Processor
CPU family Intel Atom
CPU nominal frequency 1.60GHz
CPU overclocked frequency N/A
Motherboard
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
Memory
Memory type DDR2
Hard disk
Hard disk Western Digital Green Power
Capacity 500GB
Hard disk 2 make and model N/A
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity N/A
Hard disk 2 formatted capacity N/A
Hard disk 2 spindle speed N/A
Hard disk 2 cache size N/A
Hard disk 3 make and model N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity N/A
Drives
Optical drive None
Optical disc technology N/A
Optical disk 2 make and model N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model N/A
Monitor
Monitor make and model None
Resolution screen horizontal N/A
Resolution screen vertical N/A
Resolution N/A x N/A
Pixel response time N/A
Contrast ratio N/A
Screen brightness N/A
DVI inputs N/A
HDMI inputs N/A
VGA inputs N/A
DisplayPort inputs N/A
Rear ports
USB ports (downstream) 6
eSATA ports 1
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Modem no
3.5mm audio jacks 0
Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? no
3D performance setting N/A
Graphics chipset Intel GMA 950
DVI-I outputs 0
HDMI outputs 0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
DisplayPort outputs 0
Number of graphics cards N/A
Additional Peripherals
Speakers None
Speaker type N/A
Sound card None
Peripherals None
Case
Case format Micro ATX
Dimensions 213 x 221 x 195mm (WDH)
Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays 4
Front ports
Front panel USB ports 2
Front panel memory card reader no
Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard N/A
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Home Server
Noise and power
Idle power consumption 31W
Peak power consumption 37W
Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score N/A
Office application benchmark score N/A
2D graphics application benchmark score N/A
Encoding application benchmark score N/A
Multitasking application benchmark score N/A
3D performance (crysis) low settings N/A
3D performance setting N/A
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