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Tower workstation, matte black finish, front DVD-RW drive, dual DVI graphics card visible at rear

DELL

DELL Precision T5500 Workstation 2x Xeon X5670 2.93GHz 12-Core 4GB DDR3 250GB SATA 875W

SKU CH-3BN5-K22EY

Dual Xeon X5670 12-core tower with 4 GB DDR3, 250 GB SATA drive and 875 W PSU

  • TypeTower
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerNo
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU SocketLGA 1366
  • Number of CPU Cores12
  • CPU FeaturesHyper-Threading
  • 12-core Xeon 5670 CPUs at 2.93 GHz for parallel workloads
  • 4 GB DDR3 installed with 72 GB maximum capacity
  • 250 GB 7.2K SATA drive plus DVD±RW optical
  • Dual DVI 256 MB graphics card for multi-monitor output
  • 875 W power supply supports full tower expansion

Dual Xeon Tower Workstation

The Dell Precision T5500 is a dual-processor tower workstation built around two Intel Xeon X5670 six-core CPUs running at 2.93 GHz. Together they provide twelve cores with Hyper-Threading support and 12 MB of cache memory. The system ships with 4 GB of DDR3 memory installed across nine available DIMM slots.

Suitable for legacy compute tasks

This workstation suits users maintaining older engineering applications or render pipelines that rely on the LGA 1366 platform and DDR3 memory architecture. Buyers who need modern instruction-set extensions, higher single-thread performance, or contemporary memory standards should look at a different system.

Memory ceiling of 72 GB

The motherboard and optional second-processor riser card combine for a maximum supported memory capacity of 72 GB across nine DDR3 slots. This limit determines whether the workstation can accommodate your dataset or virtual-machine workloads.

Highlights

  • 12-core Xeon 5670 CPUs at 2.93 GHz for parallel workloads
  • 4 GB DDR3 installed with 72 GB maximum capacity
  • 250 GB 7.2K SATA drive plus DVD±RW optical
  • Dual DVI 256 MB graphics card for multi-monitor output
  • 875 W power supply supports full tower expansion

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPrecision
ModelT5500
TypeTower
Redundant Hot-swap PowerNo
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU SocketLGA 1366
Number of CPU Cores12
CPU FeaturesHyper-Threading
Cache Memory12 MB
MAX Processors2
ChipsetXeon 5520
Installed Memory Size4GB
Memory TypeDDR3
Max Memory Capacity72GB
Memory Features9 DIMM slots, 6 slots (2 per channel) on motherboard and additional 3 slots on optional 2nd processor riser card
Hard Drive (Installed)250GB
HDD InterfaceSATA
Max HDD Capacity6TB
Media DrivesDVD +/- RW
LAN PortsIntegrated Broadcom 5754 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Expansion Slots1 PCIe x16 Gen2 wired as x4, 2 PCIe x16 Gen2 wired as x8, 2 PCIe x16 Gen2 graphics slots, 1 PCI-X, 1 PCI
Operating SystemNone
Power Characteristics875 Watt 85% Power Factor Correcting (PFC) Power Supply
Dimensions18.54'' x 6.73'' x 17.64''
Weight45LBS

Questions about this item

How do I install the second processor riser card to use all 9 DIMM slots?

Fit the riser card into its dedicated motherboard connector, then seat the second Xeon X5670 into the riser socket; the three extra DIMM slots on the riser only become active after the second CPU is installed.

Which memory modules will I need when expanding beyond the installed 4GB?

Use DDR3 registered ECC DIMMs; the board accepts up to 72GB total across the 9 slots when both X5670 processors are present.

What is the practical storage ceiling with the internal drive bays?

The system supports up to 6TB of SATA hard drives, so the 250GB drive supplied can be supplemented or replaced with larger 7.2K SATA disks within that limit.

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