Dell Precision T5500 Tower Workstation Desktop PC

Dell Updated: 2009-06-24 RSS
Dell Precision T5500 Tower Workstation Desktop PC

Built for environments where space is at a premium, the Dell Precision T5500 delivers dual-socket workstation performance in a compact, quiet package.

Incredibly fast and efficient despite its size, the Dell Precision T5500 features dual-socket Intel®  Xeon®  architecture with Intel®  QuickPath technology (in which each processor core features an integrated memory controller and high-speed interconnects), as well as support for up to 72GB1 of DDR3 Registered ECC memory.

For even more stunning levels of performance the optional NVIDIA®  Tesla C1060 GPU card can be added, creating your own “personal supercomputer” for CUDA enabled applications.

Offering two PCIe x16 slots as well as ample power for its range of supported graphics cards, the Dell Precision T5500 works quickly to bring your complex design, animation, imaging or engineering projects to life.

Enjoy peak performance from the latest in workstation-class graphics cards: The T5500 can be equipped with your choice of professional graphics options from ATI®  and NVIDIA® .

The T5500 helps ensure superb performance with excellent reliability, by providing tested or certified graphics drivers for a wide selection of workstation applications.

Dell partners with leading independent software vendors (ISVs) to certify system compatibility, ensuring that the certified workstation applications you load onto the T5500 will run gracefully right out of the box.

Dell's advanced thermal engineering and efficient processor heat sinks help to sustain Turbo Mode even under extended periods of activity.

Processors
Quad-core Intel®  Xeon®  5500 series processors with up to 6.4GT/s (Intel QuickPath Interconnect) up to 8MB shared cache and Turbo Boost Mode on select processors.
All processors are 64-bit, support Intel DBS (demand based switching) and Intel®  VT (Intel®  Virtualization Technology).

Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista®  Ultimate
Genuine Windows Vista®  Business 32-Bit
Genuine Windows Vista®  Business 64-Bit
Genuine Windows®  XP Professional SP2 32-Bit available via downgrade rights
Genuine Windows®  XP Professional SP2 64-Bit available via downgrade rights
Red Hat®  Enterprise Linux®  WS v.5.3 EM64T (Also certified to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4.7 64-Bit)

Chipset
Intel®  5520 chipset

Memory
Up to 72GB with dual processors installed. Three channel memory architecture per processor with 1333 MHz and 1066MHz DDR3 ECC Registered DIMM memory.
Up to 9 DIMM slots; 6 slots (2 per channel) on motherboard and additional 3 slots on optional 2nd processor riser card. The 2nd processor has an integrated memory controller which provides an additional 3 channels of memory bandwidth.

Flash BIOS
BIOS 8MB flash memory for system BIOS
SMBIOS 2.5 support

Graphics
Support for 2 PCI Express x16 Gen 2 graphics cards up to 150 watts and with up to 4GB graphics memory including:
ATI FirePro V8700
ATI FirePro V5700
ATI FirePro V3750
ATI FirePro V3600
NVIDIA Quadro®  FX 5800
NVIDIA Quadro®  FX 4800
NVIDIA Quadro®  FX 3800
NVIDIA Quadro®  FX 1800
NVIDIA Quadro®  FX 580
NVIDIA Quadro®  NVS 295
All graphics cards support dual monitor configurations

GPU (Graphics Processing Unit used for High Performance Computing, no graphics output)
NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU card with 240 cores and 4GB of memory

Hard Drives
SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM with 16MB DataBurst Cache up to 1.5TB
SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM with 8MB DataBurst Cache up to 320GB
SATA 3.0Gb/s 10K RPM with 16MB DataBurst Cache up to 300GB
SAS 15K RPM up to 450GB

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