Precision 7510 Owner's Thread

Hi,

I am also in touch with DELL for M7510 and made one configuration. Please give your suggestion for any change.




Waiting for responses. Thanks

 

Looks good to me ankupan. I would probably recommend getting 32GB in 2 DIMMS instead of using 4 DIMMS. The other options are subjective depending what you plan to use the computer for. I'd probably go with Windows 10 as you are, and if needed (if drivers have trouble in 10) I might downgrade to 8.1 or 7.

 

Great config, but it is hard to make a recommendation without knowing the intended use of your machine...

 

I do not know your priorities, so it is not easy to suggest you something. However, I recommend you to:

• if you do not require ECC RAM, take Core i5 or i7. These CPUs are really powerful to, but much cheaper than Xeon.
  
• if you chose Core i5 or i7, take 16 GB RAM modules (1x16 GB or 2x16 GB). It will be easier to upgrade in the future.
• think about UHD display. It it really amazing screen, perfect for DTP, retouch etc.
• take one or two SSD drives, not SSD + HDD. All data stored on HDD would be accessible much, much slower.

 

Definitely; the only good reason to get the Xeon is the ECC RAM. Because of the smaller cache and much slower clock speed, I recommend against the i5; the i7-6820HQ is going to be the right choice for most people.

Major thumbs up on this one. It isn't even more expensive, the last time I looked at Dell's pricing.

A bit pricy, but worth it especially with Windows 10, assuming they're not running any apps that play badly with HiDPI.

The one reason to get the HDD is if you're going to swap it for a 2.5" SSD of your own. It's been unclear to me whether it comes with all the cabling needed (this may just be an issue on the 5510) to add one later if there's no 2.5" drive shipped with it.

Dell has gotten more competitive with their RAM upgrade prices, but their SSD prices (both mini-card and 2.5") tend to till be well above market, and I don't like the "luck of the draw" nature of which SSD models you get.

 

I am very interested in that: anyone has tried to mount a 2.5" SSD in a laptop shipped with no 2.5'' disk?
I just assumed taht it was possible...I mounted a 1TB SSD in my old laptop last year, I would like to move it from the old to the new laptop. It would be a very bad news if it it is not possible

 

7510 comes with the mounting bracket and screws needed to attach a 2.5" drive, even if you do not order one with your system.

This is not true for the 5510.

I agree with the above in that there's not much need to pay extra for the Xeon + ECC memory. i7 + standard memory will be fine.

 

Hi, has anyone tried or give me your opinon on using a higher bandwidth memory: DDR4 2666MHZ (PC4 21300)? The owner manual said this is supported.

The Cas Latency (CL) is higher (CL of 18) for the 2666MHZ as compared to the 2133MHZ with CL of 15. This probably is a wash and not worth trying the higher bandwidth version? Thanks

 

I can confirm, Precision 7510 comes with almost all part to add 2.5" driver by yourself. You would need only four more disk screws.

Some people need Xeon and ECC memory. If your are a doctor, nuclear power plant engineer, astronaut or ISS control centre officer, you should take ECC memory. In other cases, non-ECC memory could be enough.

 

With the latency about a wash, I'd think the ~25% higher bandwidth would still be worth it, at least if the cost difference is small.

Even if nobody's life or safety is on the line... if your time is worth a good bit of money, and a crash will cost you a lot of time, it's worth it. Data scientists or 3D artists who do long-running jobs locally, in particular, will want ECC.