Dell 
Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide    8 
LCD help simplify server set-up and maintenance. It is an ideal rack for small businesses and larger offices 
needing manageability. 
The PowerEdge R310 is an enterprise-class server with the right balance of performance and value. 
1.2  Product Comparison 
Table 1.  Comparison Table 
 
Feature/Spec  R310  R300 (Predecessor)  R410 (Next level up) 
Socket  Single, LGA1156  Single, LGA771  Double, LGA1366  
Processor  Quad-Core Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 
processors 3400 series 
Intel
®
 Core™ i3-540  
Intel
®
 Core™ i3-530  
Intel
®
 Pentium
®
 G6950  
Intel
®
 Celeron
®
 G1101 
Quad-Core Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 
Processor 5000 series 
Dual and Quad-Core Intel
®
 
Xeon
®
 Processor 3000 series 
Intel
®
 Core 2 Duo
®
 processor 
Intel
®
 Celeron
®
 processor 
2S Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor 5500 
series 
Data Rate  DMI @2.5 GT/s (for 4 lanes, 
bandwidth 2GB/s) 
DMI: CPU to PCH 
1333MHz (bandwidth 10.4 
GB/s) 
FSB: CPU to north bridge 
QPI @ 6.4 GT/s (for 20 
lanes, bandwidth 25.6 GB/s) 
QPI: CPU to IOH 
# Processors  1  1  1 to 2 
# Cores  Intel
®
 Xeon
®
: Quad 
DT proc: Dual  
Dual or Quad  Dual or Quad 
L2/L3 Cache  Intel
®
 Xeon
®
: 8MB 
DT proc: 4, 3 or 2M 
Intel
®
 Celeron
®
: 512 MB L2 
Intel
®
 Core™ 2 Duo: 2MB L2 
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 3000 Series: 6MB 
L2 
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 5000 Series: 6MB 
L2 
4MB or 8MB 
Chipset  Intel
®
 3420  Intel
®
 3400   Intel
®
 5520  
DIMMs  DDR3 
6 R-DIMMs or  
4 U-DIMMs 
 
DDR II 
6 R-DIMMs 
4+4 DDR3 
Unbuffered w/ECC or 
Registered w/ECC 
1333/1066/800MHz 
DIMM Speed  1333/1066MT/s  667MT/s  1333/1066/800MT/s 
Minimum/Maximum 
RAM 
1GB/32GB  512MB/24GB  1GB/64GB 
HD Bays  4 x 3.5” 
Optional hot-swap 
Or 2.5” SAS/ SSD via hot-
swap chassis  
2 x 3.5” 
Cabled or hot-swap hard 
drive bays 
4x 3.5” 
Optional hot-swap 
Support 2.5" HDDs via hot-swap 
tray 
HD Types  SATA/SAS/SSD  SATA/SAS  Default SATA. Optional SAS and 
SSD via add-in controller  
External Drive 
Bay(s) 
1 for slim ODD  1 for slim ODD  1 for slim ODD