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Dell Precision 490 - pros & cons?
Hi,
Is this pc still limited to sub-TB individual hard drives please? I know you can run 3 drives in this desktop but the original specs list a combined max of 1.5TB storage?
Are all these 490s potentially 32GB memory pc's please?
Thanks.
DanKehoe
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April 25th, 2016 17:00
Hi,
Excuse my tardiness as you may well have upgraded to a completely new system by now. :/
You'd need an additional caddy, different from the other two.
P/N: 0JH670
It's mounted in the secondary optical bay. :)
Dan. :)
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September 4th, 2015 07:00
Hi KR236RK,
Thank you for writing to us.
We would recommend to populate Hard Drives as per the capacity specified in System Manual.
The system may support and work with an individual Hard Drive of up to 2TB. However, would recommend to upgrade the Hard Drives as per the Dell Recommended and tested specifications.
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September 4th, 2015 07:00
2TB and smaller drives work fine.
32 Gig of Registered Buffered ECC would be cost prohibitive but it is supported. For the cost of 4 gigs of ram you could get a Precision T3400 or better T3500
$285 X 4 = $1140
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/precision-workstation-490/CT675888
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September 4th, 2015 08:00
Thanks. Surely that's a catch-22? The Precision T3400 or T3500 would need its own Ram, systems rarely (if ever) come with full Ram, usually you get one or two low value memory modules slotted in, then you have to immediately upgrade with more memory?
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September 4th, 2015 08:00
... so if I installed a 2TB HDD for the master drive 'C', what drives could I theoretically have in the rest of the case please? Two more 2TB drives, 2 x 1TB drives, or what please?
Thanks
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September 4th, 2015 10:00
The 490 is not like the 690 with 6 bays. You can install 2 X 2TB drives.
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September 4th, 2015 11:00
Thanks, 2 drives. I got three at this link. What about the third sata cable please?
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September 13th, 2015 17:00
Says here: "Up to 2 x 3.5" SATA or SAS (LFF) - (3 with optional expansion)" please explain - anyone?
http://www.bargainhardware.co.uk/dell-precision-490-quad-core-configure/
Thanks