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E520 with Q6600 and 8Gb Ram?
My E520 came with an E4300 Core 2, I want to go to a Q6600. Also, Dell says that the max memory is 4Gb, but Intel says the chipset addresses 8Gb.
If this does 8Gb (has anyone installed one like this? Or tried?) I will replace my XPS400 server with another E520.
Please tell me:
? Q6600 - Yes or No
? 8Gb (4x 2Gb DDR2 667) - Yes or No
mombodog
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ManyDimensions
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Message Edited by ManyDimensions on 06-04-2007 04:47 PM
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Message Edited by kpo127 on 06-05-2007 12:26 AM
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Message Edited by kpo127 on 06-05-2007 03:24 AM
cmdematos
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April 4th, 2008 18:00
WRONG ANSWER!
Yes E520 will gladly support Q6600 and 8Gb of Ram.
bisk
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February 3rd, 2009 15:00
Did you end up getting 800MHz or 667MHz RAM? I've been told that 667MHz will do, but I don't understand why I wouldn't get 800MHz when the motherboard in the E520 supports up o 800MHz. Also, I just wanted to confirm that you were able to succesfully boot with 4x2GB sticks of RAM and a Q6600...I'm looking to get this and don't want to buy the parts if it isn't going to work.
Thanks
DP123
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July 19th, 2009 04:00
Will the E520 support 8GB RAM with the Intel Pentium D CPU (3.4GHz) ?
I am not sure from the last message if the Q6600 is also needed?
I was hoping to stick 4 * 2GB Kingstons in...
DP123
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July 28th, 2009 01:00
I put 4 X 2 GB DIMMs into the E520. They are 6400, 800MHz and work fine.
So the answer is YES the E520 can take twice the user manual specs, with a Pentium D CPU (@3.4GHz).
Windows 7 64-bit RC (7100) sees the 8GB and uses it and works great. XP (32-bit) still only sees 3GB.
No real thanks to the community here. :emotion-42:
James1111
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August 20th, 2009 17:00
Just wanted to add I have an E520 running a Q6600 CPU and 8 Gb RAM. It works great - Windows 7 RTM perfromance looks like this:
realepicurean
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November 1st, 2009 14:00
Similar results to mine, but your RAM scores much higher. I'm at 4gb of PC2-5300 but thinking to go up to 8gb of KTD-DM8400C/2G (800mhz).
Which RAM did you install?
James1111
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November 1st, 2009 16:00
I used Corsair PC2 6400 XMS