As i was looking for a cheap workstation solution and still own a X299 CPU 7640x & 9940x and found a 5820 in good condition and with a PSU for 279 whats the same price as buying a used x299 board anyway, anything that could be a limiting factor and should consider buying a standalone board instead?
Pics of the Listing:
Nothing wrong other than Dell MB and PSU are proprietary AF. Dell service tag is visible in photos you posted so I looked up original specs. System was built April 2019 with dual NVIDIA Quadro P4000 and 32GB RAM but was stripped prior to this listing. If seller has good rating go for it, otherwise I’d be worried why the system is being sold as bare bones.
its sold buy a reputable company from my research and they have sold all the other parts off
heres the description, seems to have a damaged handle i didnt notice, but not like id use that anyway… also has a 30day return so might just do it and see how it is
The outer case has a damage: a broken handle at the back as shown in the 3rd image.
The case still includes 950W (PSU) Power Supply Unit and CPU Processor Heatsink.
The other parts were removed from original computer configuration and sold separately:
CPU fan (and case fan upgrades) might be a hassle… Some Dell systems used a smaller 5-pin fan header that wont work without an adapter, and if the fan you put in doesn’t run at roughly the same RPM as the OEM, the system might stop at an error prompt on boot-up waiting for you to okay the difference, with no way to override it. Not sure about your exact system, though.
And like @Four0Four said, you’ll be stuck buying a proprietary Dell PSU should whenever that needs to be replaced.
Caps in output filter in p.s. are crap. You’ll be replacing them. Worth it if you are set up to solder and have reason to buy it to begin with.
+1 to this - recent dell generations have gotten really wonky with regards to cooling/fan control, and they’re right about the connection concerns too. For instance, here’s a pic of the front cooling fan on the 5820; not your standard PWM connector, which is fine I guess, all the big OEMs do that kind of thing, but they’re also like 40-50 bucks apiece.
While I don’t have any experience with the 5820 personally (my last dell’s were r270xd’s, way old now I guess lol), folks I know who’re off in Dell-land have complained about some weird thermal stuff with a bunch of their more recent HW, and a quick search turns up a lot of others complaining about similar (this is just from the first page of results).
Biggest concern personally with dell’s lineup is their BIOS/iDRAC behavior - if you’re using all dell equipment (PCIe cards, PSUs, and as @rcxb noted, sometimes even fans), they seem to do quite well. But as soon as you introduce something that the BIOS on their boards isn’t explicitly coded to recognize (especially on newer hardware), who know’s what’ll happen.
Building your own PC is my recommendation. If anything goes wrong you’ll know how to fix it. Will be cheaper and you can buy to your budget and quality needs.
Dells are OK machines, but as others said, they use proprietary connectors and they can develop issues. That said, I had a massive eight year old Precision Workstation at work that was bullet proof as long as I used it.
Yeah I run the previous version and it has been very stable for me. Issue is that it is tough to upgrade / pivot (say from workstation to storage server). You can not easily put it in a new case easily and everything is proprietary, even the cpu socket screw depth seems non standard (or at least not out of the box compatible with a noctua cooler).
I bought adapters off eBay so I can use Noctua NH-D9DX i4 3U coolers with my Dell T7600. Worked really well. Here is a link to the adapters.
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