william p :
I just PMed you about this.
1- People are making gaming computers out of these using the faster CPUs that they support. I posted a link showing this.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-Precision-T3600/1882
2- Because they're 6 years old they tend to be inexpensive. I don't think someone who can afford the latest hardware would be asking this question.
3- The computer supports up to 64GB RAM. I see no reason to exclude it because of the ECC issue. It's not hard to find used.
4- I was wrong about the PSU based on my experience with Dell workstations up to the previous model the T3500. They were all BTX based. And could use ATX PSUs. I gave a generic response that wasn't true.( I'm not the only one guilty of that). I did correct that and also provided the needed information about the actual Dell PSU options up to 825W.
5- People are running GTX1080Ti in these. AMD has a known issue.
I think I provided useful information to the OP. Answered his questions correctly in the end. They can now make their own decision about this project.
Yes I got your accusatory PM's, why don't we keep the discussion to the thread at hand, as well as the facts and information posted here, instead of speculation.
1. So additional cost, added to an old system, with processors that still have a low ipc, and users still have complained about. Benchmarks do not tell the whole tale.
2. He doesn't need to buy the latest hardware to get a gaming PC that would beat this one up. Hence my first post. The money he would spend is a good start towards a Ryzen 3 or I3-8100 system that would beat this one up all day long in any game.
3. Where am I excluding it? I am pointing out it will need a minimum of 4gb ram upgrade to bring it to 8gb which is best for gaming, adding to the expense.
4. And yet I am still correct, if someone wanted to use an aftermarket PSU, they need a new case, as it won't fit this one. But it will accept a normal 20/24pin plug. Whats the problem here?
5. So again I am still right, some GPUs do not work right in it.
To provide some context here, using myself as an example. My prior system has 2 R9 280's in Crossfire. I replaced them with 1 RX 480. In doing that I lost almost 2000 points in 3d mark, however my system ran games "better". Now what is better? Kind of subjective. But games while the ultimate frame rate was lower, they ran smoother, and it was much easier to get games running properly. Now clearly we aren't dealing with crossfire here, but while a 1080ti can put up huge fps numbers in any system, saddling it with a low clocked lower ipc processor will cause hangups and stuttering in many games, thats annoying at the least. We have many users with such systems that have experienced this.
You did provide useful information, you just decided to attack me and my perfectly correct argument otherwise for I don't know what reason.