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December 10th, 2013 03:00
Precision T5600 memory configuration
Hi
I'm looking to upgrade the memory on a T5600 workstation with a single processor. The machine currently has 8 Gb (2 Gb x4).
Is it possible to upgrade to 32 Gb by installing 16 Gb in two banks (and if so which two), or should all four memory banks be filled?
I'm aware that there may be performance issues by not populating all four memory banks, but I'd like to know if the machine will run with 16 Gb sticks installed in only two banks. The documentation for the machine describes that 4 Gb memory can be installed as 2 Gb x2, but only quad configurations are listed for +4 Gb sticks.
Many thanks
Max
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DELL-Ravi Ch
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December 10th, 2013 05:00
Hi pvkd44,
The Precision T5600 system is supported with either single processor or dual processor. Please reply us with the current processor configuration so that I could suggest you correct combination of the memories.
The memory speed supported is 1333MHz and 1600 MHz DDR3 unbuffered or registered ECC SDRAM memory. The Memory module capacity is 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB.
pvkd44
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December 10th, 2013 06:00
Hi Ravi
Thank you for your quick response. The machine has a single E5-2620 processor. However we may add a second processor in future and buy ram for this at the same time, so any current memory upgrade must be usable in future as part of a dual processor configuration.
Max
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December 11th, 2013 11:00
Hi Max,
As your system is configured with a single processor you have 4 DIMM slots available. The memory speed supported is 1333MHz and 1600 MHz DDR3 unbuffered or registered ECC SDRAM memory. The Memory module capacity is 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB.
You can configure the system with the following memory configurations.
The T5600 requires DIMMs within a channel to be populated starting with the DIMMs farthest from the CPU first. This means the DIMM slots 1, 2, must be populated before DIMM slots 3 and 4.
ThaTacitDuke
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February 7th, 2015 07:00
Hi,
there are any differences/issue between installing 1,5V modules or 1,35V? Performance? Consumption?
Thank you for your attention
Best regards