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Forgive me, this is my first post.
Might not be for everyone but....
Dell Financial Services is selling off lease T3500 Workstations with Xeon W3570 Processors for 487.00 minus 25% coupon code:...
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Exact same workstations are currently selling on eBay for cheaper in auctions from the same seller.
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Not feasible at all. Dell stuff is proprietary for MB, Power Supply, etc.
You could salvage components like drive, memory, processor, but what would be the point.
Since you aren't going to be...
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It's actually worse than you know. I've tried in the past. The power supply that failed on my system, took three tries before I found one that worked in system and that one still had to be...
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They have a few on ebay still as stated by bluewhackadoo, easist way to find is to search "wst3500" once again, only 30 day warranty and can't gaurentee FX3800 on the ebay units..
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Most precision, XPS and Alienware towers are standardized form factors. Few people would have ever bought them if they weren't. They may be BTX, uTX and the PSUs are often a hard to find size like...
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Is this still worth it for the W3570 + NVS295 card? I was looking to build a new comp from scratch but saw this and it seems like it still may be worth it
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Seems like a good deal but I'm contemplating... Is the system alone worth that price? ugh.
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For basic use(web brosing, etc) it is overkill and you would be better off with a new machine from a big box store.
For gaming or any power user, you can't build something with this much power...
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Repped OP. Does anyone know if this system come with SATA3 and USB 3.0? That would be a real bonus and I would definitely make this my primary desktop then :)
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They are going in and out of stock as people consider them.
Vista wasn't a problem for me, I had a win7 upgrade I bought for a machine I no longer have
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A box is a box at the end of the day if the cooling is sufficient.
You may need to do some basic case mods like drilling the motherboard tray and making shims for the power supply. In a massive...
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http://www.redplanettrading.com/images/D/xpdfk-top-800.jpg
http://www.redplanettrading.com/DELL-XPDFK-Precision-Workstation-T3500-Motherboard-WST3500.html
that isn't any atx motherboard I have...
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These are still dropping into inventory.
Just picked up a second with the W3570 processor and the FX3800 graphics card.
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Just got one with W3570 + FX3800, and I think there's another left still...
What kind of ram should I buy for this thing?
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So I got mine in today and the front does look a bit beat up, and there's a lot of dirt inside and where the fans are so be sure to open up and clean up.
I found out the Dell PSU only has ONE...
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The Dell MB runs at that speed by design, but it should also support 1333 speed. Might have something to do with the voltage. No clue about your ASUS either, although you should be able to manual...
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Very nice. Too bad you can't do that on the T3500 motherboard as well. Oh well, plenty fast for what I need anyway. Guess that was worth swapping after all.
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Xeon W3570 worth ~$200
graphic worth ~$110
processor is about same level as ivy bridge i5
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I'd game on this personally.
You need another stick. You're crippling the CPU running two.
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Already bought 3x4gb 1333mhz so if anyone wants to buy one of the 2gb sticks to make their machine 6gb tri channel, let me know.
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These machines weigh about twice your average machine, so if you're thinking of lugging it around for any purpose, don't.
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No it does not. But with 2x16x pcie, 2x8x pcie and 2xpci slots you could make it whatever you want.
I put a spare Crucial C300 SSD for boot, office and photoshop and use the raid 0 velociraptors...
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Damn those went fast! Bleh Vista only though. Still nice deal.
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I'll 2nd that, got two of these at work and they are massive in size and weight, good luck getting one of these anywhere in or around a home computer desk. I think shipping weight was 70 lbs.
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You clearly have not seen the inside of a dell.
Here is the 3500:
https://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/wsT3500/en/SM/td_pws.htm
Note the nonstandard form factor of the power supply....
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This has a 525 watt power supply. Dell is known for being conservative in its ratings as well. Drop anything you want in it. You shouldn't have a problem running it. Fortunately the newer GPU's...
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Cool that's what I've been running in my i7 920 so I guess I'll fork over the RAM into this box and finally be able to use 1333mhz. My current WD 240GB SSD is still SATA2 so no biggie. I read on...
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Problem with those are you aren't gaurenteed a good price and the specs don't say Quadro FX3800 you have to roll the dice. They also have a 30 day warranty vs 100 day... I saw those too and bought...
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Significant hit, this is equivalent of a 8800gt or so.... not great for gaming which is why I sold it. It is wonderfull for CAD, Maya, Photoshop etc, which is why it has the high resale value.
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Guessing it's dead then? Only computers showing with FX3800 are ~$1100+
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Congrats. Glad to hear you scored one.
I'm going to try some Kingston HyperX that I bought too much of last year. Bought another 6 sticks of similar spec'd 4GB a couple days ago. Hope it's...
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Dead, sadly. I would have picked one up.
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Got one. Stock fluctuates.
W3540 - 2.93Ghz
120GB HD
FX4800 - 1.5GB
4GB RAM
Total $412 after CA tax. Hoping to selling the FX4800 for $200 or so.
The CPU is a little worse but the graphics...
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It wasn't to me. What made the deal was the prospect of flipping the FX3800 on ebay or Amazon. You still can't build a machine yourself for the price, but you still have to change out the video...
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I got one with the Xeon W3570, how good of a GPU can I put in there without changing the PSU? And how good can it take if I change the PSU?
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I need a VM machine to play with and ordered one. Should I use this for gaming with my ati 6950 2gb card from my i7 920 machine and use my i7 box as vm server? I have spare vid cards, ram, SSDs so no...
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OOS it appears.
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damn, i would've jumped in for sure. these are very solidly-built machines.
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This is the same platform as your 920 but running at 3.2ghz with a higher FSB. It is a i7 965 EE under a different name. It will perform a bit better than your 920 depening on RAM and HD. I put in...
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