Dell T5500 Riser card Question

[steellz]

I bought a riser card for my t5500 and was wondering do i have to install ram into the card in order for the riser card to work? i have the CPU already

 

[Lutfij]

You're welcome though I'm just helping out 😉

 

[Susquehannock]

Your T5500 system will accept non-registered (unbuffered) and registered (buffered) ECC memory. Must all be same. Up to 72gb total with the riser.

[edit]
Fortunately PC3-10600 registered ECC modules are cheap and plentiful. 24gb (6x4gb) can be had new for under $40. That is the approach I would take instead of dealing with mixed modules.

 

[steellz]

yeah i just bought a full set , maxing it at 72GB total, only problem is, the shipping will take 4 weeks lol, so im using what i have for now

 

[Lutfij]

I hope you got them all matched?

 

[steellz]

Yep all match and all of them ECC

Thanks for all the help 😛

 

[Susquehannock]

72gb ... that will be a #'s cruncher.

Been running T3500 as gaming systems myself. Great base for a budget system. Thing with these is the board are based on a different chipset and only accept non-registered ECC modules which are no cheaper than non-ECC.

 

[steellz]

yeah running mine as a sorta mini server, media / game hoster / website

 

[Lutfij]

steellz,
You're welcome!

Susquehannock,
Older server systems make for some great entry level gaming machines provided they accept a decent GPU in there 😉 If only OptiPlex's were easy to modify.

 

[steellz]

question 😛 seeing how u are still around, i have a A10 APU clocked at 4.4gz will a HD 7970 graphics card run on that or will it bottleneck?

 

[Lutfij]

Which APU are we talking about?

 

[steellz]

AMD A10-5800K Trinity Quad-Core 3.8 GHz Socket

 

[Susquehannock]

Susquehannock,
Older server systems make for some great entry level gaming machines provided they accept a decent GPU in there 😉 If only OptiPlex's were easy to modify.

Yes indeed. A few minor modifications and the RX 480 dropped right in here. Handles everything I throw at it with ease.

 

[Lutfij]

I have the A10-6800K and I consider it a bottleneck for anything I throw at it...in fact it'd be a waste to drop ina dedicated GPU on an APU system. Take that 7970 and give it a better home. Richland was only a refresh of Trinity any improvements were to be found on Kaveri APU's - A10-7850K and latter.

 

[steellz]

yeah i kinda guess that, meh