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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

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM4 GB
  • ChipsetXeon 5520
  • Processor core count12
  • Type of memoryDDR3
  • Processor socketLGA 1366
  • 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.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Desktop Workstation Computers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $443.99
Cheaper than about 91% of the 1,534 comparable items (median $2,906.49).
Installed RAM 4 GB
Lower than about 99% of the 1,387 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Processor core count 12
Lower than about 75% of the 1,207 comparable items (median 24).

Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePrecision
Model nameT5500
Product typeTower
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor core count12
Processor socketLGA 1366
ChipsetXeon 5520
Processor detailsHyper-Threading
Processor cache12 MB
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM4 GB
Type of memoryDDR3
Maximum RAM capacity72 GB
Storage
Installed storage250 GB
Drive interfaceSATA
Maximum storage6 TB
Optical driveDVD +/- RW
Ports & slots
Network portsIntegrated Broadcom 5754 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Expansion card 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
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUNo
Power supply875 W 85% Power Factor Correcting (PFC) Power Supply
Size & build
Product dimensions18.54 in × 6.73 in × 17.64 in
Product weight45 lb (20.4 kg)
Software
Operating systemNone

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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