DELL E5-2420 PowerEdge T320 tower server 24GB DDR3 8×3.5″ bays H310 2×495W

Dell PowerEdge T320 tower server

The Dell PowerEdge T320 is a single-socket tower server built around an Intel Xeon E5-2420 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz with 12 threads via hyper-threading. It ships with 24 GB of DDR3 memory across six DIMM slots and a PERC H310 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 60. Two 495 W redundant power supplies and eight 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays complete the platform.

Suits small-business workloads.

This server suits small businesses or branch offices needing a quiet tower for file, print, light database or virtualisation tasks with room for storage growth. The single-socket limit and 24 GB memory ceiling rule out heavier consolidation workloads, while the H310 controller lacks a write-back cache for write-intensive databases. Buyers needing dual processors, larger memory footprints or hardware RAID cache should look at larger rack platforms.

24 GB DDR3 memory limit

The installed 24 GB matches the processor's supported maximum, so no further memory upgrades are possible without a CPU change. Six DIMM slots accept 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB DDR3 modules up to 1600 MT/s, but the E5-2420 caps total capacity at 24 GB. Confirm the memory ceiling meets application requirements before purchase.