The power to grow.
Push your ideas beyond boundaries with the Precision 7820 Tower. Featuring a dual-socket architecture for maximum performance in a compact design.
Operating System
Available with Windows 10 Pro - for a smooth, versatile PC experience.
Intelligent performance
Brainpower that matches yours: The latest Intel® Xeon® processor Scalable Family powers your most demanding applications. Now featuring a new generation of dual-socket architecture with up to 28 cores per processor (or up to 56 cores when built with dual processors) so you can extract maximum performance for your greatest vision.
Accelerate every project: Run your software as fast as possible and get real-time results thanks to this memory expandable machine with up to 768GB of 2933 MHz RDIMM memory.
Drown out distraction: Focus on your tasks with the workstation that’s quieter than ever. A new multichannel thermal design delivers advanced cooling and acoustics for enhanced cooling and quiet operation when your system is under heavy workloads.
Accelerate every project: Run your software as fast as possible and get real-time results thanks to this memory expandable machine with up to 768GB of 2933 MHz RDIMM memory.
Drown out distraction: Focus on your tasks with the workstation that’s quieter than ever. A new multichannel thermal design delivers advanced cooling and acoustics for enhanced cooling and quiet operation when your system is under heavy workloads.
Groundbreaking innovation
Featuring a FlexBay design, front access, hot-swappable storage and multichannel thermals to keep it cool under pressure, the Precision 7820 Tower grows with your ideas no matter where they take you.
Adapts to your innovations: Your Precision 7820 Tower is ready for complex projects, including virtual reality workflows, with the next generation AMD Radeon Pro™ and highest-performing NVIDIA Quadro® graphics. Your workstation supports up to 500W of graphics power and future graphics options up to 600W of graphics power up to 300W per card (single CPU system with 950W PSU).
No project is too big: Up to six 2.5" or five 3.5" drives and front access storage including SATA, SAS and PCIe M.2/U.2 NVMe SSD can be configured for up to 68TB total storage and easily swapped. With the hot-swap feature on the M.2 and U.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, you can remove drives without shutting down the workstation. Enable increased storage performance with the optional U.2 Intel® Optane™ SSD 905P Solid State Drives.
Adapts to your innovations: Your Precision 7820 Tower is ready for complex projects, including virtual reality workflows, with the next generation AMD Radeon Pro™ and highest-performing NVIDIA Quadro® graphics. Your workstation supports up to 500W of graphics power and future graphics options up to 600W of graphics power up to 300W per card (single CPU system with 950W PSU).
No project is too big: Up to six 2.5" or five 3.5" drives and front access storage including SATA, SAS and PCIe M.2/U.2 NVMe SSD can be configured for up to 68TB total storage and easily swapped. With the hot-swap feature on the M.2 and U.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, you can remove drives without shutting down the workstation. Enable increased storage performance with the optional U.2 Intel® Optane™ SSD 905P Solid State Drives.
Tuned performance: Free with your Precision workstation, the Dell Precision Optimizer delivers faster application optimization with a single click compared to HP Advisor*. It also automatically tunes your workstation to run popular ISV applications at the fastest speeds possible, has automated system updates and provides analytics to address resource bottlenecks.
Premium customized performance: Upgrade to the new Dell Precision Optimizer premium version, the world’s first AI-based performance optimizer software for workstation*. This program learns the behavior of any user-specified applications, identifies optimization opportunities using machine learning and applies performance improvements.
Premium customized performance: Upgrade to the new Dell Precision Optimizer premium version, the world’s first AI-based performance optimizer software for workstation*. This program learns the behavior of any user-specified applications, identifies optimization opportunities using machine learning and applies performance improvements.
Mission critical reliability
Stay safe, stay secure
Reduce downtime with Dell Reliable Memory Technology (RMT) Pro. Designed to work with ECC memory, RMT protects your machine from potential crashes by mapping out bad memory locations after the system reboots.
Reliably access your data
Improve the availability of your data with hardware and software optional RAID storage options including PCIe NVMe SSDs and optional Smart Card (CAC/PIV) readers that let you determine who can access your system.
Your work can count on it
Precision Workstations are tested to ensure the high-performance applications you rely on every day run smoothly. Dell ISV-certifications cover the most popular independent software applications.
Ports & Slots
1. Power button/Power light | 2. Drive activity light | 3. SD card slot | 4. USB 3.1 ports | 5. USB 3.1 Type-C™ port with PowerShare | 6. USB 3.1 Type-C™ port | 7. Headset port | 8. 5.25 inch bay (optional) | 9. Optical drive | 10. Drive access release latch | 11. Drive carriers | 12. Microphone/Line-in port | 13. PS/2 Mouse port | 14. USB 3.1 ports | 15. Discrete graphics card slot (optional) | 16. Padlock ring | 17. Security cable slot | 18. Power cable connector | 19. Line-out port | 20. Serial port | 21. PS/2 Keyboard port | 22. Network port | 23. USB 3.1 port (supports smart Power-On) | 24. Expansion card slots
Dimensions & Weight
1. Height: 417.9 mm (16.45") | 2. Width: 176.5 mm (6.94") | 3. Depth: 518.3 mm (20.4") | Starting weight: 15.9kg (32 lb)*
Processor
- Intel® Xeon®Bronze 3204 1.9GHz, 6C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 8.25MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2133
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4208 2.1GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 8C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 11MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210 2.2GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 10C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 13.75MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4214 2.2GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 12C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 16.5MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4215 2.5GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo, 8C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI,11MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4216 2.1GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 16C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI,22MB Cache, HT (100W) DDR4-2400
Intel® Xeon®Gold 5215 2.5GHz, 3.4GHz Turbo, 10C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 13.75MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2666
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5217 3.0GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo, 8C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 11MB Cache, HT (115W) DDR4-2666
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5218 2.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo, 16C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 22MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2666
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5220 2.2GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 18C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2666
Intel® Xeon® Gold 5222 3.8GHz, ?GHz Turbo, 4C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 5.5MB Cache, HT (105W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6230 2.1GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 20C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 27.5MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6240 2.6GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 18C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6242 2.8GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 16C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 22MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6244 3.6GHz, 4.4GHz Turbo, 8C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6252 2.1GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo,24C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 35.75MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6254 3.1GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,18C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (200W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Gold 6248 2.5GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo,20C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 27.5MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8253 2.2GHz, ?GHz Turbo,16C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 22MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8256 3.8GHz, ?GHz Turbo,4C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,5.5MB Cache, HT (105W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8260 2.4GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo,24C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,35.75MB Cache, HT (165W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8268 2.9GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo,24C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,35.75MB Cache, HT (205W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8270 2.7GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,26C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 35.75MB Cache, HT (205W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8276 2.2GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,28C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,38.5MB Cache, HT (165W) DDR4-2933
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280 2.7GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,28C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 38.5MB Cache, HT (205W) DDR4-2933
Dual CPU
Dual Intel® Xeon® Bronze 3204 1.9GHz, 6C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 8.25MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2133
Dual Intel® Xeon® Silver 4208 2.1GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 8C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 11MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Dual Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210 2.2GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 10C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 13.75MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Dual Intel® Xeon® Silver 4214 2.2GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 12C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI, 16.5MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Dual Intel® Xeon® Silver 4215 2.5GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo, 8C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI,11MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Dual Intel® Xeon® Silver 4216 2.1GHz, 3.2GHz Turbo, 16C, 9.6GT/s 2UPI,22MB Cache, HT (100W) DDR4-2400
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 5215 2.5GHz, 3.4GHz Turbo, 10C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 13.75MB Cache, HT (85W) DDR4-2666
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 5217 3.0GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo, 8C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 11MB Cache, HT (115W) DDR4-2666
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 5218 2.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo, 16C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 22MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2666
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 5220 2.2GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 18C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2666
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 5222 3.8GHz, ?GHz Turbo, 4C, 10.4GT/s 2UPI, 5.5MB Cache, HT (105W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6230 2.1GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 20C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 27.5MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6240 2.6GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 18C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6242 2.8GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 16C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 22MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6244 3.6GHz, 4.4GHz Turbo, 8C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6252 2.1GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo,24C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 35.75MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6254 3.1GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,18C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 24.75MB Cache, HT (200W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6248 2.5GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo,20C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 27.5MB Cache, HT (150W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8253 2.2GHz, ?GHz Turbo,16C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 22MB Cache, HT (125W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8256 3.8GHz, ?GHz Turbo,4C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,5.5MB Cache, HT (105W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8260 2.4GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo,24C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,35.75MB Cache, HT (165W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8268 2.9GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo,24C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,35.75MB Cache, HT (205W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8270 2.7GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,26C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 35.75MB Cache, HT (205W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8276 2.2GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,28C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI,38.5MB Cache, HT (165W) DDR4-2933
Dual Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280 2.7GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo,28C, 10.4GT/s 3UPI, 38.5MB Cache, HT (205W) DDR4-2933
Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.3
Ubuntu Linux 16.04
NeoKylin 6.0 SP3 (China only)
Video Card
- NVIDIA Quadro® RTX6000, 24GB, 4DP, VirtualLink (XX20T)
Dual NVIDIA Quadro® RTX6000, 24GB, 4DP, VirtualLink (7920T)
NVIDIA Quadro® RTX5000, 16GB, 4DP, VirtualLink (XX20T)
Dual NVIDIA Quadro® RTX5000, 16GB, 4DP, VirtualLink (7920T)
NVIDIA Quadro® RTX4000, 8GB, 3DP, VirtualLink (XX20T)
Dual NVIDIA Quadro® RTX4000, 8GB, 8DP, VirtualLink (7920T)
Memory*
- 8 GB, 1x8 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
16 GB, 2x8 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
32 GB, 4x8 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
32 GB, 2x16 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
48 GB, 4x8 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
64 GB, 8x8 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
64 GB, 4x16 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
128 GB, 8x16 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
128 GB, 2x4 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
192 GB, 12x16 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
192 GB, 6x32 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
256 GB, 8x32 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
256 GB, 4x64 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, RDIMM, ECC SDRAM
Hard Drive
- Front accessible FlexBays support up to 4 x 2.5”/3.5” SATA HDD/SSDs and up to 6 x 2.5” and 5 x 3.5” drives with 5.25” bay populated.
Up to 2 front accessible (hot plug) M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs are supported in FlexBays on enabled PCIe chassis with integrated Intel controller.
NVMe RAID 0,1 option (Intel RSTe vROC). Dell M.2 carrier with PCIe SSD for PCIe FlexBay available
as customer kit.
Up to 4 x M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs via 1 x Dell Ultra-Speed Drive Quad x16 card. NVMe RAID 0,1,10 option (Intel RSTe vROC)
M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs
Up to 4 x 1TB drives on 1 Dell Precision Ultra-Speed Drive Quad x16 cards.
Front FlexBay M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs
Up to 2 x 1TB drives
2.5” SATA SSD
Up to 6 x 1TB drives
2.5” SAS SSD
Up to 6 x 800GB drives
3.5” SAS 7200 RPM 12Gb/s
Up to 5 x 4TB
2.5” SAS 10K RPM 12Gb/s
Up to 6 x 1.8TB
2.5” SAS 15K RPM 12Gb/s
Up to 6 x 900GB
2.5” Self Encrypting Drives
512GB 2.5” SED (OPAL/ FIPS (140-2) HDD
M.2 PCIe SED SSD
512GB and 1TB Intel®
Ports
- Front
2 USB 3.1 Type A
2 USB 3.1 Type C™
1 Universal Audio Jack
Up to 2 (future 4) PCIe slots in PCIe enabled chassis for M.2 and U.2 (future) PCIe SSDs
Internal
1 USB 2.0
1 USB 2.0 header. (requires 3rd party splitter cable to support 2 USB 2.0 Type A ports)
8 SATA @6Gb/s plus 1 SATA for optical
Rear
6 USB 3.1 Type A
1 Serial
1 RJ45 Network
2 PS2
1 Audio Line out
1 Audio Line in/Microphone
Slots
- All slots PCIe Gen 3
2 PCIe x16
1 PCIe x16 wired as x8
1 PCie x16 wired as x4
1 PCIe x16 wired as x1
1 PCI 32/33
Dimensions & Weight
- Height: 417.9 mm (16.45") | Width: 176.5 mm (6.94") | Depth: 518.3 mm (20.4") | Starting weight: 15.9kg (32 lb)*
Chassis
- Bays: (2) FlexBays and (1) 5.25” FlexBay (can support 1 x 3.5” or 2 x 2.5” HDD/SSD drives as factory option or customer kit)
(1) Slimline optical bay; (1) SD slot UHS ll Class 3 with read only support (SW enabled).Available PCIe chassis with PCIe FlexBays supporting M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs and future U.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs. PCIe FlexBay customer kit available.
Regulatory
- Energy Star® configurations available including 80 PLUS® registered Gold power supplies; EPEAT® registered (see epeat.net for specific registration rating/status by country); China CECP; GS Mark. For a complete listing of declarations & certifications, see Dell’s regulatory & compliance homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
Essential accessories for your Precision 7820 Tower
Enhance your remote workstation experience with accessories designed to make the most of your Precision 7820 Tower.
Dell Canvas
Bring your ideas to life with the groundbreaking new workspace that enables natural digital creation. Featuring an intuitive touch screen, pen and totems.
Dell UltraSharp Ultra HD 4K Monitor with PremierColor | UP3216Q
The perfect display for ideal color coverage and incredible clarity on color-critical projects.
Dell Wireless Premium Keyboard and Mouse Combo | KM717
Keep your desk clutter-free with a modern wireless keyboard and mouse combo with scissor chiclet keys and LED tracking.
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Configuration & Deployment Services
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Accidental Damage Service
Enjoy worry-free ownership and minimize downtime with protection from accidental drops, spills, surges and breakages. Coverage picks up where your previous warranty leaves off and is ideal for high-risk environments and mobile workforces.