® Display not Sony VAIO RA Series Included. Digital Studio PC The premier multimedia desktop PC. VGC-RA830G Power for Demanding Television at your Sony’s Professional Advanced Cooling and Desktop A/V Applications. Fingertips. Tools are in your Hands. Acoustic Technology. The Sony VAIO® RA Series exem- Serial ATA hard drives in RAID Enjoy the quality TV viewing The VAIO® RA Digital Studio The innovative liquid-cooling plifies cutting edge design and 0 configuration deliver incredi- experience that you've come Desktop Computer brings system and advanced noise- superior performance - A sleek ble hard-drive speeds and to expect from Sony. Watch Sony's professional audio, reduction technology en- black chassis with a revolutionary accommodate a large collec- and record your favorite video and broadcast expert- sures premier performance liquid heat pipe cooling system, shows with Microsoft® without the heat or noise of tion of high-quality media files. ise directly to your desktop. spectacular acoustic presence DVD+R Double Layer/ Windows XP Media Center Create, manage, edit and traditional PCs. A unique liq- and breakneck performance. DVD±RW drive provides data Edition 2005 enhanced by archive video, music and uid-flow heat pipe draws ® Topped off with loads of expan- storage of up to 8.5GB on Sony's Giga Pocket engine. photos just like a Pro. heat away from the proces- one Double Layer DVD disc3. It's convenient and easy with Capture and edit high-defini- sor, while air-intake from the sion headroom to take your PCI Express Video graphics on-screen program listings tion camcorder video. desktop tower's mid-section VAIO® PC experience wherever capabilities enable cinematic- and navigation. Convert VHS or 8mm videos maximizes air flow and opti- your passion leads you. quality effects and color. into high-quality DVDs3. mizes acoustics. Model Floppy Disk Drive Supplied Accessories SERVICE AND WARRANTY Computer Interface: The computer industry lacks stan- VGC-RA830G 3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers INFORMATION dards, and therefore, there are a multitude of varying software packages and add-on hardware options. This Audio IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR HARDWARE Limited Warranty and Onsite personal computer is not manufactured to any specific 5.1 Channel - Intel® High Definition Blaster Service software, and Sony does not and cannot make any war- Processor Audio Wireless Keyboard 1 Year Limited Warranty with Onsite ranty or representation with respect to the performance Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 550J Wireless Mouse of this product with any particular software packages Ethernet Service6 with Intel® Hyper-Threading 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T and/or non-Sony add-on hardware option except those Telephone Support Technology Fast Ethernet (RJ-45) SOFTWARE mentioned in this document. Sony hereby disclaims any 1 1 Year toll-free technical telephone representations or warranty that this product is compat- (3.40E GHz , 1MB L2 Cache) Modem Operating System assistance, available 24-hours, 7- ible with any combination of non-Sony products you Front Side Bus Speed V.90 compatible data/fax modem ® ® Microsoft Windows Media Center days-a-week7. may choose to connect. While Sony representatives or 800MHz (RJ-11) Sony authorized dealers may be able to assist you and Edition 2005 On-line Support Chipset Expansion Slots Sony Original Software may make recommendations, they are NOT authorized to ® 5 Support available from vary or waive this disclaimer. Purchasers must deter- Intel 915P Multi-Media Card Reader (Memory Click to DVD™ - DVD Creation ® http://www.sony.com/pcsupport mine for themselves the suitability and compatibility of Memory Stick , Memory Stick PRO/Duo™, SonicStage® Mastering Studio - Audio Compact Flash® Type I andType II, the hardware and software in each and every particular 1GB PC-3200 400MHz DDR Mastering & Remastering SD/ MultiMediaCard™, Smart 1. GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock instance. Some pre-installed software titles may not (512MB X 2) PictureGear Studio™ - Digital Photo speed; other factors may affect application per include full documentation. Software titles pre-installed Media/xD Picture Card®) (Expandable to 2GB) ™ formance. CPU speed will be reduced under on the Sony Desktop Computer are subject to change One x16 PCI Express (occupied by DVgate Plus - Digital Video Hard Drive ® certain operating conditions. without notice. Simulated graphic shown on display. Graphics Card) SonicStage - Digital Music 320GB2 7200rpm SATA VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing 2. GB means one billion bytes when referring to Two PCI (one available) hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may ©2004 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. (160GB x 2 in RAID 0 configuration) One PCI Express x1 (occupied) Other Software Applications vary. A portion of hard disk space is reserved as Reproduction in whole or in part without Graphics ® ® Expansion Bays Adobe Premiere Standard Edition a recovery partition. written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 ® ® 3. DVD Media/Formats are not universally Digital Studio, SonicStage, Memory Stick, DVgate Plus, Two 5.25” Half-Height (occupied) Adobe Photoshop Album Starter 256MB Video Memory Edition compatible. PictureGear Studio, Giga Pocket, VAIO Media, Click to One External 3.5” (occupied) ® ® ® 4. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to des DVD, Like No Other, and VAIO are trademarks of Sony. Graphics Interface Three Internal 3.5” (two occupied) Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out (DVI Microsoft® Works 8.0 - Word ignate that a product contains an IEEE 1394 Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel (Four 3.5” SATA Hard Drives can be acco- connector. All products with an i.LINK connec Processing, Spreadsheet, Calendar, Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Outlook are trade- output: 1280x1024x60Hz max.) modated if Floppy Drive is removed.) tor may not communicate with each other. marks of Microsoft Corporation. Realone is a trademark 16x PCI Express Scheduling, Contact Management, Port Connections 5. Does not support Memory Stick media and of RealNetworks, Inc. All other trademarks are trade- Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime and Database Memory Stick PRO media using the MagicGate Seven USB 2.0 (three front/four rear) marks of their respective owners. This product meets the Encoder/Decoder board with TV Microsoft® Office 2003 60-Day function. Tested to support Memory Stick PRO standards of the International Energy Star Program for Two PS/2 ® (Mouse/Keyboard) Tuner Student/Teacher Edition Trial media for up to 1GB. Does not support 5.0V energy efficiency. Features and specifications are sub- One VGA/DVI Monitor Out Port Intuit Quicken® 2005 New User Edition SmartMedia media or the ID function of ject to change without notice. Weights and measure- DVD+R Double Layer / DVD±RW One TV-In/Out Port 3 (Previous Quicken Users may require SmartMedia media with IDs. Does not support ments are approximate. Drive One S/PDIF Out / One Parallel Port the SD Memory Card media copyright protec additional upgrade) Double Layer One 6pin i.LINK®4 Port (rear)/ One tion function. Printed in U.S.A. 12/04 InterVideo® WinDVD® +R 4pin (front) 6. When available. Sony will provide Onsite DVD+R write (2.4x MAX) Sonic RecordNow!® 7 One Headphone / One Microphone/ Service in fulfifillment of its limited warranty DVD±RW3 Anti-Virus & Recovery Software obligations. Any such services are subject to One Line In ® the terms and conditions of the limited warran -RW S-Video: Two Inputs (front and rear) Norton Internet Security™ 90-Day DVD-R write (8x MAX), Subscription - Norton AntiVirus®, ty. See actual Limited Warranty for details. Composite Video / Audio Inputs Onsite Service will be provided via thrid-party DVD-RW write (4x MAX) Norton Personal Firewall, Norton (front and rear) technician to be dispatched as needed following +RW Privacy Control, Norton AntiSpam®, Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF) phone-base trouble-shooting. Some repairs ® DVD+R write (16x MAX), Norton Parental Control i.LINK Power Requirements may be accomplished with self repair kits. DVD+RW write (4x MAX) Intermute™ SpySubtract™ 30-Day Onsite Service may not be available in all loca 364.7 watts max. / 100-240V ~7A (IEEE 1394) CD-RW Subscription tions. (50/60Hz) -RW VAIO® Recovery Wizard 7. For certain third party software applications, CD-R write (32x MAX), Power Management VAIO® Help and Support Sony provides first level Phone Support. Additional telephone support may be available CD-RW write (24x MAX) ACPI 1.0 Compliant ® VAIO Update from the applicable 3rd party vendor. Availability Sony Electronics Inc. 3 Weight (CPU) DVD-ROM Drive Online Center and schedule for any such support is deter For more information: 34.172 lbs. ® 1.800.4SONYPC (476-6972) DVD-ROM Read (16x MAX) America Online 90-Day Trial - For mined by the applicable software vendor. Web address: http://www.sony.com/vaio CD-ROM Read (40x MAX) Dimensions (CPU) new users only 7.4”(W) x 15.6”(H) x 15.3”(D) Featuring One Year Onsite Service7 and 24/7 Telephone Support8 .