Dell Precision 3630 Tower
Entry-level mini-tower workstation on the Intel C246 chipset (LGA1151) taking 8th/9th Gen Core, Pentium Gold and Xeon E-2100/E-2200 CPUs. Aimed at CAD and content users who want ECC memory (with Xeon), up to 128 GB RAM and a single graphics card up to 265 W in a 20-litre chassis.
Memory
- Slots
- 4 UDIMM slots
- Type
- DDR4 SDRAM, non-ECC or ECC (ECC with Xeon processors per spec sheet)
- Speed
- Rev. A02 guide: 2666 MHz with 6-core CPUs, 2400 MHz with 4-core CPUs; Rev. A03 guide lists 3200 MHz; spec sheet: up to 2666 MHz
- Per slot
- Up to 32 GB
- Minimum
- 4 GB (1 × 4 GB)
- Maximum
- 128 GB (4 × 32 GB)
- Factory configs
- 4 GB (1 × 4) to 128 GB (4 × 32); 4 GB modules non-ECC only, 8/16/32 GB modules ECC or non-ECC
Storage
- Drive bays
- 3 internal 3.5" bays: up to 3 × 3.5" or 4 × 2.5" SATA drives
- M.2 (board)
- 1 × M.2 2280/2260/2242 slot, SATA AHCI (6 Gb/s) or PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe (32 Gb/s), up to 2 TB
- M.2 (card)
- Dell Precision Ultra-Speed Drive (Zoom2 card, x8, active cooling): 1 more M.2 2280 PCIe x4 NVMe, up to 2 TB
- 2.5" drives
- SATA HDD up to 2 TB (SED/FIPS option); SATA SSD up to 1 TB; spec sheet: up to 4 × 1 TB
- 3.5" drives
- SATA HDD up to 8 TB (spec sheet: up to 3 × 4 TB 5400 rpm or 3 × 8 TB 7200 rpm)
- Self-encrypting
- 500 GB 2.5" 7200 rpm HDD, 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD, 512 GB 2.5" SSD
- Combinations
- M.2 boot + up to 3 × 3.5" / 4 × 2.5" SATA + Ultra-Speed Drive; 2.5"/3.5" boot + up to 2 × 3.5" / 3 × 2.5" + 1 M.2 + Ultra-Speed Drive
- Controller
- Intel Rapid Storage 12.0, SATA 6 Gb/s, host RAID 0/1/5/10; BIOS lists SATA-0 to SATA-4 and M.2 PCIe SSD-0
- Optical
- Optional slim DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW or Blu-ray writer (not with the CAC/PIV smart card reader)
- Card reader
- Optional SD 4.0 reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC, UHS-I/UHS-II), USB 3.0 interface
Graphics
- Capacity
- One PCIe x16 Gen 3 card up to 265 W total for graphics (Quadro RTX 5000 is the highest single card); some cards in dual configuration
- Integrated
- Intel HD 630 (8th Gen Core), UHD 630 (9th Gen Core), UHD 610 (Pentium Gold), UHD P630 (Xeon E-21xxG/22xxG); 2 × DP, up to 4096 × 2304
- NVIDIA Quadro
- P400, P620, P1000, P2000, P2200, P4000, P5000, Quadro RTX 4000, Quadro RTX 5000
- NVIDIA GeForce
- GTX 1060, GTX 1080, RTX 2060, RTX 2080 (B), RTX 2080 Super
- AMD
- Radeon Pro WX 2100, WX 3100, WX 3200, WX 4100, WX 5100, WX 7100; Radeon RX 580
- Dual cards (spec sheet)
- WX 2100, WX 3100, WX 4100, WX 5100, P400, P620, P1000, P2000, P2200, Quadro RTX 4000; dual-card kit guide also covers dual P4000
- Power
- Cards of 75 W or more need a 6-pin and/or 8-pin power dongle
Expansion
- Layout (top to bottom)
- PCIe x16, PCI, then two PCIe x4 (system board layout)
- PCIe x16 (slot 1)
- PCIe x16 Gen 3, full height; primary graphics slot
- PCI
- 1 × PCI, full height
- PCIe x4
- 2 × PCIe x4 Gen 3, full height, open-ended; second card of a dual-graphics pair goes in an x4 slot
- M.2
- 1 × M.2 2280 storage slot
- Optional I/O
- Rear video/USB daughterboard connector: VGA, HDMI 2.0, DP++ 1.2 or USB Type-C with DP Alt mode
- Add-in cards
- Thunderbolt 3, serial + parallel (FH), USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (FH), powered USB 3.1, Remote Access Host Card (Tera2), Ultra-Speed Drive
Networking
- Onboard
- Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM, 10/100/1000 (1 × RJ45)
- Wireless (optional)
- Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 9260 2x2 + Bluetooth 5; Qualcomm QCA9377 dual-band Wi-Fi + Bluetooth
- Add-in NICs
- Intel 10/100/1000 PCIe NIC; Aquantia AQtion AQN-108 5/2.5 GbE
Power
- Options
- 300 W 80 PLUS Bronze (EPA; guide marks it 'No SD'); 300 W, 460 W and 850 W 80 PLUS Gold (guide marks 460/850 W 'w/SD')
- Efficiency
- Gold units 90% efficient; Bronze not available in the Americas (spec sheet)
- Access
- Hinged PSU with release latches; PSU built-in self test (BIST) button and LED at rear
Ports
- Front
- 2 × USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (data only), headset/mic jack, optional SD reader
- Rear
- 4 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A, 2 × USB 2.0 Type-A (SmartPower), 2 × DisplayPort 1.2, 1 optional video port, RJ45, serial, 2 × PS/2, line-out
- Internal
- 1 × USB 3.0, 4 × SATA 6 Gb/s (spec sheet); CAC/PIV-Bluetooth connector
- Audio
- Realtek ALC3234 two-channel HD audio (guide; spec sheet says ALC3861), internal speaker with 2 W amplifier
- Security
- Kensington/Noble Wedge lock slot, padlock slot, side-cover safety screw
Physical
- Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 335.0 × 176.6 × 345.0 mm (13.19 × 6.95 × 13.58 in)
- Volume
- 20.41 L
- Weight
- 10.6 kg (23.37 lb) per setup guide; spec sheet minimum 9.358 kg
- Shipping weight
- 14.97 kg (33 lb)
- Operating temp
- 0-35 °C, 10-80% RH
- Accessories
- Optional external dust filter and cable cover
Management
- Tools
- Dell Client Command Suite
- Out-of-band
- Intel vPro (listed as coming soon on the spec sheet), Intel Standard Manageability, or no OOB (cannot be added post-purchase)
- Security
- TPM 2.0, chassis intrusion switch, Absolute/Computrace BIOS support, Intel SGX, Intel TXT, SED (Opal FIPS) drives, BIOS data wipe
Operating systems
- Windows
- Windows 10 Home, Pro, Pro/Home National Academic (64-bit); Windows 10 Pro for Workstations with Xeon (spec sheet)
- Linux
- Ubuntu 16.04 SP1 LTS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (8.0 listed as coming soon), NeoKylin 6.0 (China only)
Processors
- Intel Xeon E-2286G
- Intel Xeon E-2274G
- Intel Xeon E-2246G
- Intel Xeon E-2236
- Intel Xeon E-2224G
- Intel Xeon E-2224
- Intel Xeon E-2186G
- Intel Xeon E-2174G
- Intel Xeon E-2146G
- Intel Xeon E-2136
- Intel Xeon E-2124G
- Intel Xeon E-2124
- Intel Core i9-9900K
- Intel Core i9-9900
- Intel Core i7-9700K
- Intel Core i7-9700
- Intel Core i5-9600
- Intel Core i5-9500
- Intel Core i3-9100
- Intel Core i7-8700K
- Intel Core i7-8700
- Intel Core i5-8600
- Intel Core i5-8500
- Intel Core i3-8100
- Intel Pentium Gold G5420
- Intel Pentium Gold G5400