By Barry Collins
Posted on 3 Jan 2012 at 09:05
Tranquil has unveiled a new media centre PC that is only 1.5in thick and designed to slip into a hi-fi stack.
The MMC-12 is passively cooled and emits “zero noise”, even with a regular hard disk fitted, the company claims. And you may well need an additional hard disk, given that the base unit only ships with 80GB of storage. Indeed, Tranquil recommends the media centre is paired with its own network storage solution.
The media centre itself is hewn from a “single piece of aerospace grade aluminium”, and includes a slot-loading DVD writer. The base configuration pairs a Core i3-2100T processor with 4GB of RAM, although Tranquil offers pre-installed upgrades to a Core i5 processor, Blu-ray drive and an additional 2.5in hard disk.
The device has two USB 3 and two USB 2 ports, an HDMI socket and a gigabit Ethernet port.
The unit has a maximum power consumption of only 19W, and Tranquil claims the working temperature of the passively cooled MMC-12 is only 46 degrees centigrade.
The base configuration costs £649 inc VAT and includes a three-year, return-to-base warranty.
Source: PC Pro
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