Dell Precision T5810 Tower Workstation Memory Overview & Upgrade Tips | How to Install & Configure

[@GewelReal]

Anybody knows what's the maximum RAM configuration that supports max speed (2133, 2400)? Finding such information online is pretty much impossible (many hours over few days and I found nothing). I had a Xen 1620v3 in such PC. Ran flawlessly with 8 4GB DIMMs at 2133. Swapped it for 1650v4 but with 8 DIMMs it can only do 1866. Removing 4 DIMMs puts me back at 2133 (but now it's just 16GB which is really limiting, but the performance drop from running memory at 1866 is around 20% for me). I wanted to upgrade the RAM to 2400 one and 64-128GB. But now I know I am limited to just 4 DIMMs if I want to have maximum performance. This brings me to my question: what is the maximum size of DIMMs that will let me run at 2400MT/s? Because now I am not so sure 4x32GB will be able to be run at full speed.

[@kotd009]

these systems are beasts let not forget! i own the t3600 and i got her on 40gig Rdimm memory with a gtx 1070 8gb so far

[@cloudninjas]

Nice. Great system!

[@PerryCodes]

I'm not sure your statement about "getting the maximum performance" by filling all 8 slots is totally correct. At best, I'd say "it depends" - and that's due to what @GewelReal mentions below. Filling all 8 slots is going to result in a speed drop.

[@Leon-O-Man]

How can I install a 32gb module with the 4x 4gb module I have already installed? All 4gb are in the white slots. But when I add the 32gb doesn't boot but the led is white, trying other combinations gime me the yellow led when power on.

[@sagarsangolkar3335]

Hi, I have a Dell precision T5810 with Intel Xeon E5 2673V3 processor and one 32GB RDIMM (quad rank) module installed. I recently purchased one more module of the same configuration (quad rank as well) but when I install both modules in their correct locations (as you showed in the video, the topmost and the bottommost slot on either side of the CPU. it is as shown on the inside of the side panel) the system wont boot up, instead an orange light flashes in the power button. Can you please help me?

[@cloudninjas]

Sounds like you are using LRDIMMs, which are not supported by the Dell Precision T5810.

[@aycz]

These are coming into the market at good prices. Been trying to snipe one on ebay

[@cloudninjas]

Yes. These are great systems. We are big fans.

[@jamess.1543]

Just bought one yesterday without hard drive for $55😃 can't wait to try it out😃

[@Openmindallthetime143]

How much these sell for with a m4000

[@jayanthipatluri6167]

sniped one for 100 bucks

[@andreszucs]

I'm trying to find the exact model of the 32GB card you are using?

[@cloudninjas]

Contact [e-mail]

[@anastasiosfekos8273]

Nice video, one question, if you want to connect hdd 02 and 03 SATA ports where does the power come from? Psu or motherboard?

[@cloudninjas]

What did you end up finding out?

[@leonardotoschi585]

Great question! 3.5" > psu sata connector, 2.5/1.8 > from the motherboard, SSD > from the sata cable

[@marlenestockton2269]

The MB is actually a LGA-2011-3 socket and with a updated BIOS: V4 cpu's should be used over 'any' V3 CPUs'

[@Patrick_AUBRY]

You have more info or link on this?

[@GewelReal]

​@@Patrick_AUBRYDell's website says v4 CPUs are supported since BIOS version A12

[@Groove1024]

Hey, i run a DELL Precision T5810 with a intel Xeon E5 2697 v3, 48gb of DDR3 2133MHZ and a RTX 3060 it's a little too old for the RTX 3060 so ican't have the full performances of it but i do use a HTC vive pro with it so i do VR on that almost 10 year old computer and it's really not bad at all that computers are really good! my old DELL Precision it's the T1650 with a Xeon E3 1240 v2, 16gb of DDR3 1600MHZ and a geforce GTX1650 that was also a really good compact and powerful PC for something for 2012! (ok once again it's not the original graphic card... the og was a quadro k2000 you do nothing with that anymore...) i don't recommend it for VR but it does work sith the vive pro! the only down side of that machines is they are not compatible windows 11 f@@k you microsoft!

[@cloudninjas]

Thanks for sharing!

[@GewelReal]

you absolutely can install Win 11 on pretty much everything. You just need to use a custom ISO that removes TPM requirements

[@demarharvey8647]

Can this tower fit a protools digidesign pcie card. They are very large

[@billr4914]

Hi, your own website says LR-DIMMS work in this system. Outside sources say they also work however cannot be mixed with RDIMMS. The video summary here says LR-DIMMS do not work in this system. Can you clarify or correct?

[@cloudninjas]

LRDIMMs are not supported. Take care.

[@christopherwilliams3113]

I have a Dell T3600 case will the motherboard for the T5810 motherboard fit in that case?

[@testowykana1763]

In HWiNFO64 I'm getting temperatures like this: DIMM[0] (DIMM1) - 35 deg C, DIMM[4] (DIMM3), 35dec C, DIMM[8] (DIMM2) 44 deg C, DIMM[12] (DIMM4) 44 deg C. Basically, first two rows in HWiNFO have temperatures around 35 deg Celsius, and row 3&4 show temperatures higher by 10 deg Celsius. Is this normal? What could be the reason? I'm also looking for information from owners of T5810: what is the rpm of the PCIe fan on your machine? I'm getting 1600rpm, which makes the machine quite loud. When I set it to lowest possible speed which is 400rpm, it becomes really quiet.

[@cloudninjas]

Would recommend checking your Thermal Management feature in the BIOS. You can raise and lower fan speeds. Dell has an article about it and shows the different options: Optimized, Cool, Quiet and Ultra Performance. Might want to play around with this and see if it helps. Smash that subscribe.

[@muhammadsohaibarif820]

Hi Scott, We want to install 16GB RAM in T5810 Machine, however, the document says we can install it via 4 x 4GB. My question is, can we install 2 x 8GB or 1 x 16GB to attain the required configuration? If yes, what will be the Slot population for 2 x 8GB or 1 x 16GB. Regards

[@GewelReal]

You are really limiting your performance by running in dual and especially single channel mode

[@almedogjurgji]

Hi to all you guys. Would like to make an important question in my case concerning these dell computers that come with raid as an active drive controller (intel rst active) and not ahci. The problem is that whenever i try to boot into these machines in a winpe environment with the Strelec package if you know that, in order to reset the admin password if i cannot log into it or just backup the data of a user into an external hdd before reinstalling windows if the precedent os is damaged and cannot be repaired, the internal hdd-s or ssd-s of just the os directories into the drives are invisible. I click on “This PC” and there’s only my usb visible and nothing else. I made a search on the internet and it seems it has something to do with the intel rst driver that abstracts the hdd from the os. Please help me, what should i do in this case in order to be able managing the pc even when the pc is unbootable or just the admin password is not recognized.

[@dirman974]

Hi, i buy one. But with a Xeon e5 1650 v4 and 24gb ram ddr4 2133. I just change the processor. The new is a Xeon 2690 v4 : 14 cores and 28 threads. A monster !!! But ram cannot run at 2133 now. Max at 1866... I don't know why. Any help please ?

[@GewelReal]

24GB sounds like you're running in flex mode

[@SmokedGaming_Official]

How do i add a rear fan for this? I got it for a server and sometimes it gets warm please help

[@Gnosim]

It only accepts RDIMM for quadchannels. If you put in regular non-server ram, it accepts dual channel. Only 2 ram sticks will be supported out of 8. So think carefully.

[@mattymclaughlin5900]

Can you elaborate on what this means exactly?

[@victorradu9645]

I did 4 regular ram sticks and it worked in quad channel

[@boredplayer7425]

Is there any way to put a standard atx motherboard in this case withount modding it?

[@cloudninjas]

Not that I am of aware of... but there could be! I just do not know. If you find out, then please leave a comment on this thread to help others in the future. Appreciate you commenting. Take care.

[@joshuaheywood9988]

Replacement motherboard recommendation?

[@itsmeleo9179]

I don’t think you can change it unless you get a new case lmk if I’m wrong tho

[@joshuaheywood9988]

@@itsmeleo9179 you can't replace it you're right, need a new case and take the cpu out

[@itsmeleo9179]

@@joshuaheywood9988 cpu? I don’t think the cpu has to be removed I think just the heat sync

[@joshuaheywood9988]

@@itsmeleo9179 I'm saying like if the motherboard is bad, you gotta start over basically

[@Mr_Smarty_Pants]

why wouldn't you be able to change the motherboard?

[@oopsmlo5820]

i cannot get the memory modules to click back in, whatsoever. flip them, try different ones in different slots, they won’t click in. i shut the tabs on both sides and then the memory modules are still able to slide right on out.

[@intuneknight9681]

It can be use as a server for ESXi 7 ?

[@cloudninjas]

I believe it will but we have never tried to confirm 100%. Once you try, please drop a comment back in this thread to let other users know. Much appreciated. Take care.

[@kruupo]

are those covers for the ram important or can you just keep them off

[@DavidOSinger]

How can i contact you ? Just bought some servers still a noobie , also getting many certs , looking into virtualization, cloud etc , lmk if you are available to share advice & ideas thanks

[@cloudninjas]

We will certainly do our best to help. Please email us at [e-mail]. Thanks for reaching out!

[@PerryCodes]

Would have been better if you did a power hour ;)

[@smorfnimda]

I got no video output. That's my problem.

[@DonAlsina]

do you know the size of the motherboard?

[@cloudninjas]

This is an ATX motherboard, meaning the dimensions are: 12in x 9.6in (305mm x 244mm). Hope this helps!

[@knkmphd]

Going too be a minute before i can afford 256 GB of ram for mine

[@jamesabestos2800]

Damn... I thought he meant SSD and then he kept on mentioning the slots only for ram usage...

[@maxinexus2224]

Anyone tried 4x64GB sticks. E5 1607 v4?

[@jeremyalbert9183]

No. But I can say that the RAM configuration in this machine is absolute asinine. In the documentation, I would have never took the chart that literal. The machine came with 2x4GB modules. I purchased 2x32GB modules to give me 64GB. I figured I would buy them later as I needed them. NOPE! With both 32GB installed I get 8GB of RAM. Then I added the other 4GB sticks and now I have 16GB RAM. What a complete stupid way to register the RAM. Now I have to go spend $300 just to get the RAM to register all the way.

[@maxinexus2224]

@@jeremyalbert9183 Flushed mb to the newest bios and upgraded to e5-2680v4. And it works! I got it to work on SK Hynix (4X64GB)256GB 4DRx4 PC4-2666T-LD2-11 Registered ECC. All works fine. Replotted 3PiB of chia plots on it.

[@GewelReal]

​@@jeremyalbert9183???

[@CM22ENT]

Hello. Is there a way to add more USB 3.0 ports internally?

[@marlenestockton2269]

yes,,,there are any number of add-on cards