Dell Precision 5820 Tower
Single-socket LGA2066 tower workstation sold in two flavours: Xeon W (C422, ECC RDIMM) and Core X-series (X299, non-ECC UDIMM). Aimed at CAD/DCC/VR users who need up to 18 cores, 512 GB RAM and two 300 W GPUs.
Memory
- Slots
- 8 DIMM, 4 channels
- Type
- DDR4 ECC RDIMM with Xeon W only; DDR4 non-ECC UDIMM with Core X
- Speeds
- 2666 MT/s (discontinued on configs bought after Oct 2020), 2933 MT/s, 3200 MT/s modules; Skylake CPUs run 2933 DIMMs at 2666, Cascade Lake runs 3200 DIMMs at 2933
- DIMM sizes
- 32 GB (2666), 64 GB (2933/3200) per slot
- Minimum
- 8 GB (1 × 8 GB)
- Maximum
- 256 GB with Skylake CPUs; 512 GB with Cascade Lake CPUs
- Spec sheet (older)
- Up to 512 GB 2666 MHz or 256 GB 2933 MHz RDIMM; up to 256 GB 2666 MHz UDIMM
Storage
- FlexBays
- 2 front FlexBays (Flex0/Flex1): up to 4 × 2.5" (2.4 TB) or 4 × 3.5" (12 TB) SATA
- 5.25" bay
- ODD (BD, DVD±RW) or up to 2 × 2.5" / 1 × 3.5" SATA drive
- Slim bay
- DVD-ROM, DVD±RW or CAC/PIV card reader
- Front NVMe
- Up to 2 hot-plug M.2/U.2 NVMe in FlexBay with Xeon W and Cascade Lake Core X; 1 with Skylake Core X; up to 4 with MegaRAID 9460 NVMe option
- M.2 add-in
- Dell Precision Ultra-Speed Drive Quad (x16, FH/FL, 4 × M.2 NVMe) or Duo (x8, HH/HL, 2 × M.2)
- Onboard SATA
- Intel chipset SATA 6 Gb/s, 6 ports + 2 optical; Intel RSTe RAID 0/1/5/10
- NVMe RAID
- Intel RSTe/VROC RAID 0/1/10 with motherboard activation key (VROC_key header)
- RAID cards
- Broadcom MegaRAID SAS 9440-8i (RAID 0/1/5/10); MegaRAID SAS 9460-16i (4 GB cache, HW RAID 0/1/5/10, NVMe option)
- SAS
- SAS drives, SAS controllers and SED only with Xeon W
Graphics
- Capacity
- 2 × PCIe x16 Gen3 graphics, up to 600 W total, max 2 × 300 W double-width
- NVIDIA pro
- Quadro P400, P600*, P620, P1000, P2000, P2200, P4000, P5000, P6000, GP100*, GV100*, T400, T600, T1000, Quadro RTX 4000/5000/6000/8000, RTX A2000, A4000, A4500, A5000, A5500, A6000, RTX 6000 Ada, NVS 310*, NVS 315*
- NVIDIA GeForce
- GTX 1080, RTX 2080-B, RTX 2080 Super, RTX 3080, RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090 (3080/3090 qualified in slots 2 and 4)
- AMD
- Radeon Pro WX 2100, 3100, 3200, 4100, 5100, 7100, 9100*, Radeon Pro SSG*, Radeon RX 580X, Radeon PRO W5500, W5700, W6300, W6400, W6600, W6800
- Note
- * = only on systems with Xeon W CPUs (owner's manual); spec sheet: not all graphics offerings available with Core X
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe Gen3 x16 connector wired x8, 50 W (non-functional with Core i7-78xx); closest to CPU
- Slot 2
- PCIe Gen3 x16, 300 W (250 W each when more than one high-power card)
- Slot 3
- PCIe x16 connector wired x1, 25 W, from PCH
- Slot 4
- PCIe Gen3 x16, 300 W (x8/150 W with Core i7-78xx)
- Slot 5
- PCIe x16 connector wired x4, 25 W, from PCH (required slot for Qualcomm WCN6856 Wi-Fi card)
- Slot 6
- PCI 32-bit/33 MHz, 25 W
Networking
- Onboard
- Intel i219 Gigabit Ethernet (1 × RJ45), Remote Wake-Up, PXE, jumbo frames
- Optional
- Intel i210 1 GbE (x1), Intel X550-T2 dual 10GbE (x4), Aquantia AQN-108 2.5/5GbE (x4), Intel X710-T2L dual 10GbE (x8)
- Note
- Wake-on-LAN not supported on X550-T2 or X710-T2L cards
Power
- PSU
- 425 W or 950 W with Xeon W; 950 W with Core X
- Efficiency
- ≥90% (80 PLUS Gold), 100–240 VAC
- Access
- Externally accessible, removable, lockable, tool-less
Ports
- Front
- USB 3.1 Gen 1 (spec sheet: 2 × Type-A + 2 × Type-C), universal headphone jack, SD slot (UHS-II, read-only)
- Rear
- 6 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (1 with power delivery), serial, RJ45, 2 × PS/2, line-out, line-in/mic
- Internal
- 1 × USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 × 2×5 USB 2.0 header
- Optional cards
- Thunderbolt 3 (2 ports), USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (2 ports), serial, Teradici PCoIP dual/quad host
Physical
- Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 417.9 × 176.5 × 518.3 mm (16.45 × 6.95 × 20.4 in)
- Weight
- Starting at 15.4 kg (34 lb)
- Rack
- Optional 19" rackmount rail kit
- Operating temp
- 5–35 °C
Management
- Out-of-band
- Intel vPro/AMT with DASH (Xeon W only); Intel Standard Manageability; OOB can be removed at purchase and not added later
- Tools
- Dell Command Suite, OMCI (SNMP/CIM)
- Security
- TPM 2.0, chassis intrusion switch, lockable PSU and bezel, optional CAC/PIV reader
Operating systems
- Windows
- Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (Xeon W); Windows 10 Pro (Core X)
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0, Ubuntu 18.04, SLES 12 SP2 (Xeon W), NeoKylin 6.0 SP5 (China)
Processors
- Intel Xeon W-2295
- Intel Xeon W-2275
- Intel Xeon W-2265
- Intel Xeon W-2255
- Intel Xeon W-2245
- Intel Xeon W-2235
- Intel Xeon W-2225
- Intel Xeon W-2223
- Intel Xeon W-2195
- Intel Xeon W-2175
- Intel Xeon W-2155
- Intel Xeon W-2145
- Intel Xeon W-2135
- Intel Xeon W-2133
- Intel Xeon W-2125
- Intel Xeon W-2123
- Intel Xeon W-2104
- Intel Xeon W-2102
- Intel Core i9-10940X
- Intel Core i9-10920X
- Intel Core i9-10900X
- Intel Core i9-9980XE
- Intel Core i9-9960X
- Intel Core i9-9940X
- Intel Core i9-9920X
- Intel Core i9-9900X
- Intel Core i9-9820X
- Intel Core i7-9800X
- Intel Core i9-7900X
- Intel Core i7-7800X