Debating - Dell Precision 5510 vs 7510

I have a 5510 on order, but am thinking about changing it to a 7510, both spec'ed with Xeon processors.

The difference in price isn't a big factor (nice dell sales rep, nice discount.) Form factor and weight isn't a major consideration. More battery life would be nice. The main graphics requirement I have is for use with Adobe Lightroom, other than that it's a development machine. Would prefer ECC memory, 32 GB would be nice. High quality SSD drives are important.

In terms of the 7510, given that my only graphics requirement is for Adobe Lightroom, would I benefit from the M2000M w/4GB, or would the M1000M w/2GB be enough?

If I wanted to buy the 7510 with HD and buy and install a top SSD drive myself, would I be able to install the second SSD, what Dell offers as "1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive with Interposer", myself? Would I need something else from Dell? Any suggestions on a top SSD drive that would work with this model (I just did a search on newegg for SSD and came away confused with the number of options.)

If went with the 5510 and the Xeon, is it correct that while Dell only offers 16 GB of non-ECC memory, I should be able to purchase two ECC memory pieces and use that? Is it still 16GB limit?

Thanks everyone!
Daniel

 

16GB ECC SoDIMMs are not currently available, hence the limit.

 

If Lightroom is the only thing you need it for, I would opt for the M1000M and just save some money.

 

Thanks for the feedback, I took your advice.

Daniel

 

FYI From 7510 manual ( http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/a...on-m7510-workstation_Owner's Manual_en-us.pdf)

UEFI: SAMSUNG SSD SM951 M.2 256GB PCIe NVMe

 

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One other thing to note about the 7510 is that the Thunderbolt 3 port is not available till some time in 2016. I'd hate to buy the 7510 now and then not have access to the new port and thus, the Thunderbolt docking station. According to Dell, the port can't be added later.

I am looking at the 7510 with a 1 GB SSD M2 drive, but they want almost $1000 for the upgrade from the default hard drive. Seems excessive given it already comes with a drive. I wanted to the larger capacity since there is only one pcie interface available for a SSD drive and would prefer not to run SSD over SATA.

 

The old 9530's were restricted via the bios or motherboard chipset to 16 GB max. But I beleive the new precision 5510 documentation states it goes up to 32 GB. I'm not sure whether or not the motherboard will support the ECC ram however, I'd be cautious about that (yes I know the E3 supports it, but im not sure about the motherboard chipset. I plan on grabbing non-ECC ram to stick in mine.

 

The M3800/XPS 15 9530 had Haswell processors, which are limited by Intel to using at most 8gb per stick, for 16gb maximum. It has nothing to do with the motherboard or chipset.

 

Hello.

I have just received my new 7510 precision,
specs :
210-AFDS Mobile Precision 7510 CTO BASE 1 1,494.35 1,494.35 SR 338-BIFB Intel® Xeon® E3-1535M v5 (Quad Core 2.90GHz, 3.80GHz Turbo, 8MB 45W, w/Intel HD Graphics P530), MPWS 1 SR 338-BICL E3-1535M, Smart Card Only, with Type-C, Assembly Base, Mobile Precision 7510 1 SR 387-BBJS Energy Star 6.1 for Mobile Precision 7510 1 SR 391-BCFG 15.6" FHD(1920x1080) Anti-Glare LED-backlit (45% color gamut) 1 SR 346-BBRG Palmrest With NFC/ Smartcard Reader/ FIPS finger printer 1 SR 319-BBDS Bezel For Full HD Non Touch with Camera +MIC 1 SR 320-BBQV Back Cover For Full HD Non Touch 1 SR 340-AUBK English, French, German, Italian, Dutch Setup and Features Guide 1 SR 340-AAPP Directship Info Mod 1 SR 340-ACCX English, French, German, Italian, Dutch Shipping Docs 1 SR 370-ACDF 16GB (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 Memory 1 SR 400-AJBG 256GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive, MPWS 1 SR 401-AAGM No Additional Hard Drive 1 SR 450-AATJ 180W AC Adapter 1 SR 450-AAZR European Power Cord 1 SR 451-BBPP 6-cell (72Wh) Lithium Ion battery with ExpressCharge 1 SR 293-10049 Order Configuration Shipbox Label (PO Number, Ship Date, Model, Processor Speed, HDD Size, RAM) 1 SR 293-10025 Asset Tag - ProSupport (Website, barcode, Onboard MacAddress) 1 SR 389-BHJY Intel XEON Processor Label 1 SR 490-BCQY Nvidia Quadro M2000M w/4GB GDDR5, MPWS
555-BCPF Intel Wireless 8260 (802.11ac) + Bluetooth 4.1 1 SR 555-BCNN Intel Wireless 8260A Driver 1 SR 580-ACLD Internal US/International Qwerty Backlit Keyboard 1 SR 580-ADWY Keyboard Lattice 1 SR 619-ADBU Windows 7 Professional (64Bit) Multi-Language - English, French, German, Dutch, Italian 1 SR 620-AACM Windows 7 Professional (64Bit) OS Recovery - DVD 1 SR 630-ABBT Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial - Excludes Office License 1 SR 631-AAQR No Out-of-Band Systems Management, Mobile Precision 7510 1 SR 658-BCUV OS Recovery 1 SR 658-BBRB Waves Maxx Audio 1 SR 658-BCWO Dell Applications for Windows 7 & 10 1 SR 640-BBDH Adobe Reader 11 1 SR 640-BBES Dell Precision Optimizer 1 SR 640-BBEU Dell Data Protection Protected Workspace 1 SR 640-BBPN System Driver for 7510 1 SR 525-10173 Dell Data Protection | Security Tools Digital Delivery/NB 1 SR 525-10283 MY DELL 1 SR 780-BBVQ No RAID 1 SR 800-BBGF BTO Standard shipment Air 1 SR 817-10154 Not Selected in this Configuration 2 SR 817-BBCE Custom BTO Configuration 1 SR 709-13281 Base Warranty 1 SR 709-13282 3Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day - Minimum Warranty 1 SR 710-10218 No Warranty Upgrade 1 SR 799-AANV Dell Order 1 SR 328-BCDM Dell Precision Ship Material, 7510 1 SR 328-BCDJ System Shipment Material, 7510 1 SR
this may be too much for you however I have found it is very usefull as I do a lot of presentations through a projector and I need a robust graphic setup and this machine does the job very well. Memory I find good enough at 16GB however this is expandable to 64 GB if needed.
As far as I was concerned I opted for the 256 GB M.2 SSD as the OS drive as I already had a new SSD for the SATA bay, and don't worry here as the mounting bracket comes with the new machine which I was told it did not, all you need for mounting are 4 screws to mount the drive to the bracket.
Battery life I have not tested yet however it seems to be normal and I expect to get three hours from it as normal for moderate use.
t

 

Hi Michael - This is similar to the machine I was thinking to get - is there a Thunderbolt 3 port present ? The spec you posted suggests there isn't but thinking since its now June perhaps its on t he machine anyway.

 

Personally, I prefer the 7510, the thing is built like a tank. The 5510 is built in a XPS 15 chassis, too much glue and glass, not enough screws holding it together and the number of ports available is just embarrassing (also no number pad). If you want to get any sort of work done, get a real workstation like the 7510. We call the 5510 the "hipster workstation wannabe" here in the office and nobody takes it, its just sitting on the shelf of our IT dept.