Dell Desktop Reviews | Dell Dell Precision 490 Computer Desktop PC
The Dell Precision 490 is a fully-featured high-performance workstation with a compact, flexible chassis design.
With excellent scalability for its size, the 490 offers up to two Dual or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors, up to 32GB of memory in four fully-buffered DIMM channels and a wide range of high-performance OpenGL graphics cards.
This all means that the Dell Precision 490 is an excellent choice for critical, compute-intensive workstation environments where space is a concern.
The Dell Precision 490 allows for both mini-tower and desktop orientations, with rotating optical drives that can be oriented horizontally or vertically for optimal loading and functioning. You choose the best way to optimise your workspace – the 490 makes it easy.
Chassis Design
In addition to being easily convertible from a mini-tower to a desktop orientation, the Dell Precision 490 gives you maximum performance in an optimised, compact and rack-ready chassis. That makes it perfect for financial trading floors, high-density design studios, or anywhere else that space is at a premium. Without sacrificing scalability or performance, the 490 will stay out of the way so you can work unimpeded.
Dell has delivered a totally new customer-driven chassis design with the Dell Precision 490, designed to deliver flexibility, reliability, and ease of access in a compact, rack-ready form-factor. It features rotating optical bays, one-hand internal access, front-panel diagnostic and network LEDs and a new front bezel design for better ventilation.
Processor
The Dell PrecisionTM 490 is equipped with up to two Dual or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5000,5100 or 5300 series 64-bit Processors for a total of up to eight execution cores in two processor sockets (5300 series).
- Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5060 (3.2GHz, 1066 FSB, 2 X 2MB L2 Cache 130 watt)
- Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5110 (1.60GHz, 1066 FSB, 4M L2 Cache, 65 watts)
- Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5120 (1.86GHz, 1066 FSB, 4M L2 Cache 65 watts)
- Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5130 (2.0GHz, 1333 FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65 watts)
- Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5140 (2.33GHz, 1333 FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65 watts)
- Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5150 (2.66GHz, 1333 FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65 watts)
- Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5160 (3.0GHz, 1333 FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 80 watts)
- Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® E5310 (1.60GHz, 1066 FSB, 2 X 4MB L2 cache, 80 watts)
- Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® E5320 (1.86GHz, 1066 FSB, 2 X 4MB L2 cache, 80 watts)
Operating System
- Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate
- Genuine Windows Vista™ Business
- Genuine Windows® XP Professional
- Genuine Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition
- Red Hat® Enterprise Linux WS v.4 for Intel (EM64T)
The Operating System is one of the most important programs on your computer.
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