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June 8th, 2017 12:00

Optiplex 990 MT CPU & Memory

What is the max i7 I can use?

Has anyone successfully used 32GB (8GBx4) in a 990MT?

Any suggestions for other brands welcomed but I am looking at one of these from Crucial:

Ballistix Sport BLS8G3D1609DS1S00:

DDR3 PC3-12800 • 9-9-9-24 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.5V • 1024Meg x 64

Ballistix Tactical BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0:

DDR3 PC3-12800 • 8-8-8-24 • Unbuffered NON-ECC DDR3-1600 1.5V 1024Meg x 64

Ballistix Sport BLS8G3D169DS3:

DDR3 PC3-12800 • 9-9-9-24 • Unbuffered NON-ECC DDR3-1600 1.5V 1024Meg x 64

Ballistix Tactical BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0

DDR3 PC3-12800 • 8-8-8-24 • Unbuffered NON-ECC DDR3-1600 1.35V 1024Meg x 64 Low Profile

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June 13th, 2017 11:00

Hi Spdtechman,

The specification for the system model 990 MT is

Processor type Intel Core i7 series

Intel Core i5 series

Intel Core i3 series

Intel Pentium series

Intel Celeron series

System chipset Intel Q67 Express Chipset

Memory speed DDR 1333MHz

Non–ECC: 4 DIMM slots

1GB–16GB  

Video chipset* Integrated Intel HD Graphics 2000

ATI RADEON HD 6350

ATI RADEON HD 6450

AMD RADEON HD 6670 (MT only)

Audio chipset RealTek ALC269 High Definition Audio

Network controller Integrated Intel® 82579LM GbE Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000

Internal speaker power rating 2W (peak) / 1W (average)

Wireless Internal Dell wireless 1520 802.11 draft-N WiFi

Drive connections SATA 3.0 (2 for HDDs and SSDs)

SATA 2.0

USFF -0

SFF -1

DT -1

MT -2

Media Card Reader 5.25 inch drive bay (MT and DT only )

Expansion slots PCI Express x1 and x16 slots

PCI slots

USB 2.0 support USFF (7)

SFF (10)

DT (12, included 2 internal)

MT (12, included 2 internal )

Connectors RJ-45

USB

Audio

Serial

VGA

DisplayPort

PS/2

Parallel via PCI card (optional)

Optional serial connector card

Optional 1394 controller card

System management/

security options Intel AMT 7.0

Fingerprint reader

Chassis intrusion detection

Computrace® software

OMCI/DCM 4.0

Dell Backup and Recovery

Dell Proactive Systems Management

On Demand Desktop Streaming (ODDS)

Client Hypervisor

Dell Data Protection and Encryption

Dell Data Protection and Access

Security cable slot/padlock ring

Smart card

TPM 1.2 (discrete chip)/No TPM for China

Operating systems Windows® Vista Home Basic (32-bit)

Windows® Vista Business SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows® Vista Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows® 7 Starter SP1(32-bit)

Windows® 7 Starter SP1w/MUI (32-bit)

Windows® 7 Home Basic (32-bit)

Windows® 7 Home Basic SP1(32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows® 7 Home Premium (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows® 7 Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows® 7 Professional with Virtual PC XP (32-bit & 64-bit)

Windows® 7 Professional to XP Pro Downgrade (32-bit)

Windows® 7 Ultimate to XP Pro Downgrade (32-bit)

Windows® 7 Professional to Vista Business Downgrade (32-bit)

Windows® 7 Ultimate to Vista Ultimate Downgrade (32-bit)

Ubuntu Linux 10.10 (Factory Install-China only)

FreeDOS for N-series (Drop in the box)

OS Media Support (optional)

Chassis Ultra Small form factor

Small form factor

Desktop

Mini-tower

We hope you get the answers you were looking for do get back to us for any further questions or querry.

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