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The Dell OptiPlex 780 is the company’s new business PC, featuring Intel technology. The system is based on the Intel Q45 chipset and features an Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual Core or Celeron CPU and up to 8GB of Non-ECC DDR3 1066MHz memory. The OptiPlex 780 is configurable with up to two 3.5- or 2.5-inch storage units, including standard hard drives and solid state drives. The drives can be configured without RAID or in RAID 0 and 1 modes. Optical drive options include a DVD ROM or a DVD burner, but the system can be also configured without optical device.

The Dell PowerEdge T310 is the company’s latest single-socket tower server. Along with a single Intel Xeon 3400 Series quad-core CPU, the Intel 3420 chipset-based PowerEdge T310 includes up to 32GB of registered (RDIMM) or up to 8GB of unregistered (UDIMM) DDR3 memory, and up to four 3.5″ cabled or hot-swap SAS or SATA hard drives for a maximum of 4TB of internal storage. The system has an onboard SATA controller without RAID functionality, but there’s a variety of additional storage controllers supporting up to RAID 10. The basic network adapter is an embedded dual Gigabit NIC, which can be accompanied by various single-, dual-, or quad- port Gigabit cards. For server management, customers can use the baseboard management controller and one of optional iDRAC6 controllers. Dell’s T310 features the Matrox G200eW GPU, a DVD drive, optional PowerVault tape or hard drives for backups, and five PCIe Gen. 2 slots: two x8 slots (one with x16 connector), a x4 slot (with x8 connector), and two x1 slots. Power supply options include a redundant 400W and a non-redundant 375W unit. On the front of the chassis, the 20.5 inches deep tower server has an optional LCD screen for system monitoring. The new PowerEdge comes without operating system or with one of Windows Server, Windows Essential Business Server, and Small Business Server editions, as well as with optional Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The starting price for the Dell PowerEdge T310 is $949, with the 3Yr Basic Hardware Warranty included. The server can be purchased at dell.com.

Hewlett-Packard has released recently the HP ProLiant ML150 G6 Server series, a new 5U tower 2-socket system based on Intel’s new Nehalem CPU microarchitecture. When compared to the Intel 5100 chipset-based ProLiant ML150 G5, the ML150 G6 (Generation 6) with the Intel 5500 chipset features newer Intel Xeon dual- or quad-core processors with integrated memory controllers, support for up to 48GB of DDR3 memory instead of up to 16GB DDR2, new controller and adapter options, a new chassis design, and other innovations.