BOXX INTROS 3DBOXX 8300 FOR VFX WORK
Issue: Workstations - August 2006

BOXX INTROS 3DBOXX 8300 FOR VFX WORK

AUSTIN, TX – Boxx Technologies (www.boxxtech.com) recently introduced its new 3DBoxx 8300 Performance Series Workstation, a high-performance personal workstation that leverages the power of the new Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 Series processors running in conjunction with the new Intel 5000X chipset. Designed for visual effects work, the 8300 features a 1333MHz front side bus, 4MB of cache shared between two cores, FB-DIMMs (a cutting-edge memory technology) and powerful I/O.

The 3DBoxx 8300 Series Workstation is the company’s latest solution that uses multi-core processing and multi-threaded applications. Boxx is a strong proponent of a fully fleshed-out, 64-bit and parallel processing technology eco-system, which allows the company to design high-performance computing platforms that drive workflow improvement for VFX professionals.

Features include: Dual Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 Series processors; Intel’s 5000X Series chipset; up to 32GB of FB DIMM (fully buffered) ECC memory; two PCI Express graphics x16 slots; one PCI Express x8 slot; two PCI-X 133 MHz high bandwidth slots; four port SATA 3 Gbps and four port SAS on-board controllers; Gigabit Ethernet on-board; a Firewire (1394a) on-board controller; up to 3TB of local storage with a four-drive chassis; and  8- and 12-bay chassis configurations for up to 9 TB of local storage with 750GB drives.

Boxx will be delivering the 3DBoxx 8300 Series Workstation within the month. Base pricing starts at $2,995.  The 8300 Series will replace the 3DBoxx 8200 Series Workstation.