Rain Recording ELM-X2

Award Winning 8-Core Audio/Video Computer
Introducing the next generation of Element, the awarding winning flagship of Rain's digital media workstation line. Engineered as a platform for industry-standard digital audio and video software like Pro Tools, Adobe Premier and Native Instruments, Element now comes standard with 8 Cores courtesy of Intel's "Nehalem" Xeon processors. Rain has redefined pro audio/video with a system that gives you up to 12 terabytes of RAID storage and an unbelievable 48 gigabytes of memory. And when it's time to edit your next movie, you can choose the NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 Workstation Graphics Accelerator certified by Avid and Adobe for non-linear editing.

Element's beautiful, laser etched, aluminum body gives you tons of room to add additional RAID storage, low latency memory and an array of PCI Express cards for Pro Tools HD, DSP processing and high definition video capture. Intelligent cooling and a balanced component architecture are part of the Quiet Coolâ„¢ Design that ensures bone crushing power to add all your tracks, layers and plugins while preventing bottlenecks, heat buildup or excess noise. Element is the ultimate tool for professional audio/video production backed by world class creative computing support from Rain. Element gives you the power to set your creativity free.

Feature Highlights

• Designed and tested for use with software like Pro Tools, Adobe Premier and Native Instruments
• Quiet Coolâ„¢ System Design prevents drop-outs, keeps system cool and virtualy silent
• 8-Cores: Two Intel "Nehalem" Xeon Quad Core Processors
• Expandable up to 12 Terabytes of RAID storage and 48GB of memory.
• Laser Etched, aluminum, full size chassis ready for huge expansion

Specifications

• Processor: Two 2.26GHz Intel "Nehalem" Xeon Quad Core Processors (up to 3.3GHz)
• Memory: 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (up to 48GB)
• Hard Drive: 500GB SATA II 7200RPM High Performance Drive [32MB Cache]
• Total Storage: Up to 12 Terabytes (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)
• Video: ATI Radeon HD 4650 [512MB]
• Video Connection: 2 x DVI, 1 x TV Out
• Optical Drive: StormDrive Dual Layer CD/DVD Writer
• USB 2.0: 8 x USB 2.0 Ports
• FireWire: 3 x FireWire Ports [TI Chipset]
• eSata: 1 x eSata Port [3Gb/s]
• PCI Express: 4 x PCI Express Slots
• PCI: 1 x PCI Slot (Legacy)
• LAN: Gigabit Ethernet
• Audio: 8 Channel Audio Subsystem
• Input: USB Keyboard & Optical Mouse
• Construction and Color: Silver, Laser Etched Aluminum Full Tower

Software

• Windows Vista Business (x32, x64) tuned by Rain for audio/video, Free XP Pro & Windows 7 Upgrade
• RainZoneâ„¢ Internet Safe Zone
• RainCare Restoreâ„¢ Recovery and Backup Solution

Support

• RainCare Support (1yr) w/ 30-day Free Audio/Video Support Trial
• One Year Limited Hardware Warranty
• Available RainCare Encompassâ„¢ Audio/Video Integration Support and Extended Warranty

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