Unboxing the Tranquil PC ixLS Power PC

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Back in January, Tranquil PC announced their next generation ixL PC – the ixLS, powered by Sandy Bridge. Well ours has arrived and we give it the unboxing treatment.

Here is how Tranquil describe the ixLS range:

Bringing beauty, power, efficiency and reliability to your desktop. Designed from the ground up, to provide a reliable and fan less cooling system for the power user, the ixLS Power PC can process any application with ease. High definition video, complex 3D rendering, or just writing a letter – just do it. Fit your choice of Intel Sandy Bridge CPU- any version delivers stunning performance

With numerous audio / video outputs, high speed GBE LAN – the ixLS can be deployed in almost any environment, for almost any application. With the new Sandy Bridge CPU you can expect the very best performance – for more information on the main board / CPU options / Performance please visit here

You can now run the most demanding applications with ease, knowing that the power is there when you need it, and yet the power consumption is under 30W when you’re just idling along.

With specialised and enhanced cooling technologies, the ixL runs without fans, ensuring long term reliability, and almost zero noise – just like you want.

With the optional Media Centre IR receiver / HMDI output you can also even use the ixL as a Media Centre PC. With 1x 2.5″ and 1x 3.5″ HDD bays – you can mix and match your storage requirements.

Sandy Bridge Problems

As you may have heard, Intel discovered a problem with Sandy Bridge as reported by Tim a few weeks ago.

Tranquil have this posted on their website:

[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]The second generation, or Sandy Bridge systems were originally available in January, but Intel discovered a small fault and have announced that the main boards, equipped with the corrected ‘Cougar Point’ chipset will be available from early to mid April. Tranquil will deliver ixLS systems from that time.[/box]