Why Buy BOXX?
Speaking Your Language
Try calling one of the top tier workstation manufacturers and asking them a question about ray trace rendering or how many triangles per second you can push with their workstation or compositing 3ds Max rendering in Photoshop CS5. Give it a try, but be prepared for the stunned silence that follows. They can rarely help someone who is having difficulty accessing the internet ("Have you tried unplugging and re-plugging in the modem?") so how can they possibly help you? Short answer: they can't. Here's a good reason why BOXX is the professional's choice: our expert sales consultants, engineers, and legendary technical support not only know everything about BOXX hardware, they also have intimate knowledge of the professional software applications you rely on and the optimal workflow for your business.
Not Bigger, Just Better
Big name computer manufacturers, with their large overhead and massive workforce, are chained to a business model which insists they sell a million or more units of particular product in order for that product to be profitable. At BOXX, we don't subscribe to that notion and instead, choose to focus on the specific needs of our customers. And because we are a smaller company, we're much more agile and able to respond quickly, providing the custom, purpose-built workstations and state-of-the-art rendering systems you won't find anywhere else.
Performance
From our high performance, 4 GPU, 3DBOXX workstations (including remote access and record-setting XTREME editions), to our mobile workstations and state-of-the-art rendering systems, BOXX designs and builds professional solutions that power your software and render your creations faster than any other. But you don't have to take our word for it. Consult independent product reviews or bench mark tests and you'll discover that BOXX builds the fastest solutions in the world.
Providing Solutions
We don't just build workstations and rendering systems—we solve problems. If you visit our website or call one of our expert sales consultants, the odds are substantial that you are faced with workflow issue and are in search of a solution, i.e., you didn't call because you're satisfied with your current hardware. In fact, there's a saying around BOXX that when it's all said and done and you're the immensely proud and delighted owner of your new BOXX solution, you either bought the world's most expensive email machine or we just solved your problem. We'll go with the latter on that one every time.
Experience
BOXX has over 15 years worth of experience designing, manufacturing, and testing high performance solutions built exclusively for creative professionals and the software applications they rely on.
Innovative Integration
Have time for an analogy? Take two identical stacks of lumber, tools, and instructions. Give one set to a master carpenter and the other to a handyman. Which one will create the piece of furniture that you'd like to own?
We hear a lot about components—as if all workstations are created equal based solely upon their components. Truth is . . . it doesn't work that way. Our innovative integration of only enterprise class components, drives, and customized BIOS sets us apart from the "off the shelf" workstation manufacturers, just as our unique engineering concepts (easily expandable, over clocking, liquid cooling, specially tuned air cooling, and chassis design) demonstrates the difference between what it means to be a professional workstation and a standard workstation. As for that analogy, you guessed it. We're the master carpenter.
Purpose Built, Custom Built
The workstation market place includes generalist hardware manufacturers (HP, Dell, Apple, etc.) that rely on a one size fits all approach—like those vast car dealerships laden with endless rows of generic vehicles. BOXX is just the opposite.
We specialize in the professional visualization market, providing cool, quiet, record-setting, solutions tailored to meet your specific workflow needs. We're the workstation equivalent of a custom shop, building hot rods that will take your applications and workflow faster and farther than ever before. At BOXX, SPEED KILLS isn't a slogan, it's a mantra. For the BOXX customer, the creative professional, speed kills deadlines, kills the competition, saves time, and increases profit. So how fast do you want to go?
Professional Grade
At BOXX, we don't manufacture entry level or consumer grade systems. All of our high performance workstations and rendering systems are professional grade— easily expandable and devoid of useless bloatware . If you've been reading, then you already know about our innovative integration of enterprise class components and customized BIOS. But what you may not know is that we design our own chassis (a rarity among similar sized competitors) and that we steer clear of plastic and OEM materials. What does all this mean for you? A system running at peak performance, a longer product life cycle, and no replacement costs. BOXX solutions have less than one quarter of one percent return rate. Think about it. That's comparable to having no return rate at all. And it's also why you'll never find used BOXX solutions on eBay or anywhere else. BOXX users will tell you that once you go BOXX, you'll never go back. And by the way, we don't have a refurb department. Dell and HP do however, which only demonstrates how good they think their products are.
Strategic Partners
BOXX thoroughly tests the components that are integrated into our systems, working closely with our strategic partners—industry leaders like Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. And because we also test with the same professional software applications you rely on, we work with leading software manufacturers like Autodesk, Adobe, and many others, to develop solutions that will provide stable support and take optimal advantage of an application's unique features. So if you're ever faced with a software issue, you can rely on BOXX to advocate for you and work with the software provider to arrive at the solution you need.
Made in the U.S.A.
The expert BOXX sales consultant who listens to your workflow issues and provides you with the specific solution, the engineers at BOXXlabs who design and thoroughly test your BOXX solution, the skilled production techs who build it, and the professionals of legendary BOXX Technical Support who can solve any problem you may encounter, can be found right here at BOXX headquarters in Austin, Texas. Sales, engineering, manufacturing, and support all right here with 100% of your money staying in the U.S.A.? That's right. And no other computer company in U.S. can make that claim.
The Warranty
BOXX not only builds custom workstations with best-in-class components that (in the case of our XTREME additions) include liquid cooling and over-clocking to 4.2 GHz—we also support them with a three year limited warranty. Three years? That's right, and no other manufacturer's warranty even comes close.
Response
If you need to speak to legendary BOXX Technical Support, you can reach a living, breathing, human professional Monday - Friday, 7am - 6pm CST by calling 1-877-877-BOXX(2699) in the US or 1-512-835-0400 outside the US or by creating a Support Inquiry. You can reach an expert sales consultant at the same numbers from 9am-6pm CST and once your system is ordered, you won't be waiting long. Dell customers are asked to wait 3 to 4 weeks to receive their products, but BOXX knows that your creative business can't wait that long. That's why our turnaround times are so fast. Your customers expect as much from you, and you can expect the same from BOXX.
Return on Investment (ROI)
After perusing all the information on this page, you probably understand why your purpose-built BOXX solution costs more than a similarly configured, mass-produced workstation. And hopefully, you realize that BOXX value makes it all worthwhile, i.e., you get what you pay for. Still need convincing? Well, consider this: A new study conducted by an industry-leading Fortune 500 engineering firm indicates that a 3DBOXX 4800 Series workstation pays for itself in as little as 24 weeks, and will generate $24,000 worth of savings in worker efficiency over five years. Even better, BOXX users, on average, can expect an ROI within ten weeks of their initial capital expense and over time, an ROI as high as 10 times that amount.
The Rendering Authority
Our competitors employ thousands at busy call centers throughout the world, but if you ask them a question about rendering, brace for silence. But you can trust BOXX, the rendering authority that brought you renderBOXX, renderPRO, and ROW: RenderFarm on Wheels, for knowledge, expertise, and innovative rendering solutions that will save you time, money, and increase productivity and profit—all backed by our legendary technical support. We build the rendering solutions and know the professional applications, rendering engines, and queue management software, as well as the hows and whys of building an efficient render farm. If your question is rendering, the only solution is BOXX.
XTREME performance at an entry level price
Affordably priced for entry to mid-level creative pros, 3DBOXX 3960 XTREME Series workstations are powered by the technology of a quad core, performance-enhanced, 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor (up to 4.5 GHz).
Built for Speed and SolidWorks, Revit, CATIA . . .
Performance-enhanced 3DBOXX 3960 XTREME Series workstations are over-clocked for incredible speeds of up to 4.5 GHz, making them the industry's fastest single socket workstations available for engineering and product design applications like SolidWorks®, Autodesk® Revit®, CATIA® (and all other frequency driven applications). 3960XT also delivers outstanding support for visualization, 3D animation, modeling, and motion media software applications.
How much are you losing by not choosing BOXX?
A new study conducted by an industry-leading Fortune 500 engineering firm indicates that a 3DBOXX workstation pays for itself in as little as 24 weeks, and will generate $24,000 worth of savings in worker efficiency over five years. LEARN MORE
Accelerate Workflow with More GPU's
Available with two GPUs and an 850 watt extreme power supply, the 3DBOXX 3960XT Series provides maximum performance for professional applications, accelerating your creative workflow like never before.
Fastest Single Processor Workstations Ever . . . now available with 4 GPU's
Powered by the revolutionary technology of a six core or quad core performance-enhanced, Intel® Core™ i7 processor (up to 4.3 GHz), the 3DBOXX 4800 Series features the most powerful single processor, 4 GPU workstations ever designed.
BOXX Crushes DELL!
View Desktop Engineering benchmark that shows how BOXX blows DELL scores away. Download PDF
How much are you losing by not choosing BOXX?
A new study conducted by an industry-leading Fortune 500 engineering firm indicates that a 3DBOXX 4800 Series workstation pays for itself in as little as 24 weeks, and will generate $24,000 worth of savings in worker efficiency over five years.
Built for Speed
The 3DBOXX 4860 and 4880 rival the speed of our competitors' standard dual processor workstations and are capable of reaching core speeds of up to 3.6 GHz in turbo mode, while the performance-enhanced Xtreme versions are over-clocked for incredible speeds of up to 4.3 GHz. All deliver outstanding support for 3D/2D animation, modeling, visualization and motion media applications, in addition to being the fastest single socket workstations available for 2D compositing.
Options
All workstations in the 3DBOXX 4800 Series are tested by BOXXlabs for stability with professional software applications and feature
- Hyperthreading providing up to 8 virtual cores for multitasking with single-threaded applications
- NVIDIA® Quadro® FX, GeForce, Tesla or ATI® FirePro™ professional graphics cards
- 64-bit scalability, extra memory bandwidth and next generation PCI Express 2.
- Chassis designed for quiet operation in creative environments
From the standard model 4860 and 4880 workstations, to the over clocked Xtreme editions, the 4800 Series features a range of available performance level options delivering astounding single processor power for professional software applications.
Power for Multitasking
State-of-the-art features deliver speed and power for 3D modeling, rendering, and compositing, while advanced 64-bit architecture (based on AMD® HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology), make this the ideal workstation for multitasking with all professional applications.
New AMD Opteron Processor 6100 Series: Up to 24 Cores
Along with AMD's renowned integrated memory controller architecture, the 3DBOXX 7600 Series features two eight-core (for a total of 16 cores) or two 12 core (for a total of 24 cores) AMD® Opteron™ 6100 Series processors loaded with performance enhancing advances and energy saving features.
Support for Motion Media
In addition to running 2D/3D design applications, the 3DBOXX 7600 Series is optimized to deliver outstanding support for VFX compositing, video editing and digital intermediate (DI) workflows.
Graphics & Video
The 7600 features the power of up to two NVIDIA® GeForce GTX, Quadro® FX, and Tesla professional graphics cards, or ATI® FirePro™ professional graphics cards, for the most advanced 3D applications.
Memory & Storage
Available with up to 6 hard drives, the 7600 Series supports up to 256 GB of system memory based on 16 GB technology.
Design and Engineering
Featuring higher performance per watt and time-tested chassis for cool, quiet operation, 3DBOXX 7600 Series workstations are certified by BOXXlabs for stability with industry-standard applications.
Fastest Workstations in the World . . . now available with 4 GPU's
Featuring two over clocked, six core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors running at 4.2 GHz and 4 GPU's, the 3DBOXX 8550 Xtreme is, hands down, the fastest workstation in the world. If you run multi-threaded applications but your CPU is the bottleneck in your pipeline, then 8550 or 8550 Xtreme is the solution. The 8500 Series also includes the high-powered standard model 8520, all delivering performance you won't find anywhere else.
Don't take our word for it. Check out SPEC CPU results or Cinebench
Run Multiple Applications
Designed to accommodate multi-threading, multiple applications, and complex production pipelines, the 3DBOXX 8500 Series workstations deliver high-powered, multitasking performance for 3D and 2D design, animation, advanced visualization, desktop rendering, VFX compositing, video editing (compressed and uncompressed HD and DPX), and digital intermediate (DI).
Intel® Xeon™ Processor Options
Choose from six core or quad core, standard or over clocked, Intel® Xeon™ 5600 Series processor options essential for multiple, professional applications and complex workflows.
Turbo-Charged
The Intel Xeon 5520 chipset supports an 8 core system for up to 3.2 GHz and up to 3.46 GHz in turbo mode, providing outstanding support for all professional creative applications.
Hybrid Rendering
Whether you rely on CPU rendering, GPU rendering, or a hybrid of both, the 3DBOXX 8550 and 8550 Exxtreme provide the fastest workstation rendering experience on the planet with support for seven GPU's or four dual slot GPU's which provide unparalleled acceleration for Bunkspeed®, mental ray®, V-Ray®, and other rendering applications.
Hyperthreading
Hyperthreading mode enables the 12 core system to handle up to 24 simultaneous threads for maximum multithreading and multitasking performance.
Next Generation
"Exxtreme is the next generation of 3DBOXX 8500," said industry analyst Jon Peddie, President, Jon Peddie Research. "This over clocked, high performance workstation is a powerful, one-size-fits-all machine that can even accelerate single-threaded or poorly-threaded legacy apps which can't take advantage of the multicores. The performance of the Xtreme is such that its appeal will easily extend from digital artists to anyone, in any field, who is looking for the ultimate in workstation performance."
Options
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All workstations in the 3DBOXX 8500 Series are tested by BOXXlabs for stability with professional software applications and feature:
- NVIDIA® Quadro® FX, GeForce, Tesla or ATI® FirePro™ professional graphics cards
- 64-bit scalability, extra memory bandwidth and next generation PCI Express 2.
- Chassis designed for quiet operation in creative environments
From the standard model 8520 to the 8550 and 8550 Xtreme workstations, the 3DBOXX 8500 Series features a range of available performance level options delivering maximum processor power for professional software applications.
Purpose Built
Featuring a multi-processor (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series running at up to 3.33GHz) and networked architecture, a renderBOXX dedicated rendering system is specifically designed to deliver outstanding rendering performance for intensive 3D graphics and animation workflows.
Choose Quad Core or Six Core
renderBOXX gives you the option of dual six core Intel Xeon 5600 Series processors (12 cores in all) or dual quad core Intel® Xeon™ 5600 Series processors (8 cores in all) essential for VFX, animation, product design, engineering, and architectural visualization rendering workflows.
Memory and Storage
Up to 192GB of RAM enables rendering of the most complex scenes and projects.
Design and Engineering
renderBOXX features outstanding low power efficiency thanks to an advanced cooling system and an 80 Plus Rated power supply.
Add Software
Dedicated rendering requires render farm management software, so we offer Qube! and EnFuzion, as well as a host of other software applications and rendering engines including Autodesk® Maya®, 3ds Max®, and Showcase®, mental ray® Standalone, V-Ray®, eyeon Fusion™, Adobe After Effects CS®4, Autodesk Combustion®, others. renderBOXX is available with Microsoft® Windows® or Linux® operating systems.
Render Farm
Whether it contains only one renderBOXX or hundreds, a render farm is not defined by the number of modules which comprise it. A render farm can be as small or expansive as you choose to make it.
The renderBOXX Ten Pack is an ideal render farm by itself, yet is easily expandable to any size that meets your workflow demands. The rack mounted Ten Pack features ten individual modules—or 10 dual processor systems for a total of 120 cores (when choosing the six core option).
Space Saving Design
High density design makes the renderBOXX ideal for space-restrained creative environments. In fact, a single renderBOXX module accommodates up to 12 processing cores in a compact 7.0" h x 1.7" h x 29.1 d" case, which means two renderBOXX modules (24 cores) fit neatly into a 1RU (rack unit) space. As for the ten individual modules that make up the Ten Pack Render Farm (120 cores), they fit perfectly into a 4 rack unit space (7" x 19"). renderBOXX rack mount kit enclosures are available, so ask your BOXX sales consultant for details.
On Time, On Budget
Grow your business by taking on larger, lucrative design projects and keep pace with increased demand because a dedicated renderBOXX render farm empowers you to deliver complex projects within budget and on schedule by drastically reducing rendering time
Intensity Shuttle
Intensity Shuttle, the world’s first 10 bit HD/SD editing solution for USB 3.0 Windows computers! Simply plug in Intensity Shuttle and get access to incredible quality 10 bit HDMI, analog component, composite and s-video capture and playback. Intensity Shuttle’s innovative design is compact and portable, plus you can plug inline with your cables because input connections are on one side, and output connections on the other! Intensity Shuttle powers from the USB 3.0 connection so you don’t need cumbersome power supplies. Intensity Shuttle comes ready with advanced video technology such as HDMI 1.3 and 1080p electronics, so it will grow as faster high performance USB 3.0 computers are released in the future!
Multibridge Eclipse
Multibridge is the world’s first external PCI Express capture and playback solution that instantly switches between SD, HD and 2K, in 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 video quality. Connect to your PC or Mac with high speed 10 Gb/s PCI Express for the world's highest quality editing system, or use independently as a bi-directional SDI video converter. With two models to choose from, there is a Multibridge model for every workflow.
UltraStudio Pro
UltraStudio Pro is the world’s first broadcast quality SD/HD capture and playback solution for USB 3.0 computers! UltraStudio Pro combines the latest broadcast technology into an attractive ultra-thin design that looks great on your desktop! With the incredible speed of USB 3.0 running at a massive 4.8 Gb/s, UltraStudio Pro easily has enough speed for the highest quality uncompressed 10 bit HD video with the maximum possible real time effects!
