Dell Precision T3500 Technical Guide

Dell Precision
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T3500 Workstation Technical Guide
The Dell Precision™ Workstations
Dell Precision workstations have been the world’s leading workstation brand for the last nine
years
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. They continue to deliver value to customers by combining relevant new technologies
and focussing on the core values of the product family. These are:
• Performance
Providing relevant technologies design to drive applications as fast as possible
• Application Focus
Working closely with the key software partners to ensure reliability and performance
through certification and excellent support.
• Scalability
Designing systems that can scale with your application’s needs and company’s needs.
• Managed for Business
Building our solutions around industry standards and helping simplify your IT
• Optimized solutions
Recognizing the wide range of application areas for workstations and offering the
flexibility in our systems to help optimize them to suit our customers requirements
Dell partners with strategic Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to certify system and
application compatibility so that applications can run gracefully on Dell Precision workstations.
Through rigorous testing, Dell also targets excellent compatibility and optimized performance
in demanding work environments such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), engineering, and
architecture, making the Dell Precision range a perfect platform for demanding workstation
users.
The Dell Precision T3500 Workstation
The Dell Precision™ T3500 Workstation is a productivity machine with a choice of
lightning-fast 64-bit dual- or quad-core Intel® Xeon® processors, impressive graphics,
and exceptional memory capacity that work together in a flexible and innovative compact
chassis to deliver performance, scalability, and flexibility.
Affordable Power and Performance
Your work isn’t entry level, so why consider a workstation that delivers anything less than
advanced levels of performance? With the Dell Precision T3500, you don’t have to.
Experience the power, scalability, and reliability you’ve been dreaming about with a system
that’s specifically designed for professionals as demanding as their complex applications.
To provide you with exceptional flexibility and scalability, the Dell Precision T3500 comes with
your choice of dual- or quad-core Intel® Xeon® processors. The T3500 builds upon the
revolutionary Intel Xeon Processor X5500 Series micro-architecture to bring you a workstation
with an excellent blend of relevant technologies. What’s the difference? Advanced features
that combine to deliver a computing experience that’s incredibly rich, incredibly powerful, and
incredibly fast.
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Dell Precision T3500 Specifications

General

Tcase	67.9 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	D0
FSB Parity	No
Processor cache	8 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	W3550
System bus rate	4.8 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon 3500 Series
Processor socket	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Bloomfield
Processing Die size	263 mm²
Processor frequency	3.06 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	45 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Processor boost frequency	3.33 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	Yes
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 W
Processor core voltage (AC)	1.225 V
Number of processors installed	1
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	23
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3-SDRAM
Number of Processing Die Transistors	731 M
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	800, 1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	25.6 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	24 GB
Display	LCD
Graphics card	FirePro V5900
Dimensions (WxDxH)	172 x 468 x 447 mm
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
Graphics card manufacturer	AMD
Audio system	HD
Product type	Workstation
Motherboard chipset	Intel® X58 Express
Memory slots	-
Internal memory	4 GB
Memory channels	Triple-channel
Memory clock speed	1333 MHz
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 2 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD capacity	500 GB
HDD interface	SATA III
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi DL
Maximum graphics card memory	2.048 GB
Display diagonal	22 \
Display number of colors	16.78 million colors
PS/2 ports quantity	2
USB 2.0 ports quantity	11
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	0
Chassis type	Tower
Product color	Black, Silver
Cable lock slot type	Kensington
Number of 3.5\" bays	3
Operating system installed	Windows XP Professional
Compatible operating systems	Windows 7
Power supply	525 W
Processor ARK ID	39720
Processor package size	42.5 x 45.0 mm
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.2
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology	1.0

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	468 mm
Width	172 mm
Height	447 mm
Weight	17700 g