Dell and HP workstation features at a glance

	HP xw4600	HP xw6600	Dell Precision T5400	Dell Precision T7400
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz	Intel Xeon E5430 2.66GHz	Intel Xeon E5430 2.66GHz	Intel Xeon 5482 3.2GHz
Number processors	1	2	2	2
Cores per processor	quad	quad	quad	quad
L2 cache per processor	8MB	12MB	12MB	12MB
Chipset	Intel x38	Intel 5400B	Intel 5400	Intel 5400B

System RAM	4GB	4GB	4GB	4GB
RAM type and speed	DDR2 800MHz	DDR2 667MHz	DDR2 667MHz	DDR2 800MHz

Graphics card	Nvidia Quadro FX 1700	Nvidia Quadro FX 4600	Nvidia Quadro FX 4600	Nvidia Quadro FX 4600
Graphics RAM	512MB	768MB	768MB	768MB

Disk capacity	250GB	250GB	80GB	146GB (73GB x 2)
HDD model	Seagate Barracuda	Seagate Barracuda	Western Digital Caviar SE XL160S	Dell Virtual Disk
HDD interface	SATA 3.0 Gb/sec	SATA 3.0 Gb/sec	SATA 3.0 Gb/sec	SAS
HDD RPM	7200	7200	7200	15000
HDD cache	16MB	16MB	8MB	32MB (16MB x 2)

Network	GbE	GbE	GbE	GbE
CD/DVD	16x DVD+/-RW	16x DVD+/-RW	18x DVD+/-RW	16x DVD-ROM RW

Jacks, plugs, case
USB front, rear, internal	2, 7, 1	2, 5, 1	2, 5, 1	2, 5, 1
PS/2	475 W	650 W	875 W	980 W
Power supply	2	2	2	2

Warranty	4 hour on site, 3 years	Next business day on site, 3 years	Next business day on site, 3 years	Next business day on site, 3 years

Operating systems	Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Pro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4	Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Pro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4	Windows Vista Ultimate, Vista Business, Windows XP Pro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5	Windows Vista Ultimate, Vista Business, Windows XP Pro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

Expandability
Drive bays (3.5", 5.25")	3, 5	2, 2	2, 2	4, 3
PCI slots (legacy, PCIe x8, PCIe x16, PCIe x64 )	4, 1, 1, 0	2, 2, 2, 0	1, 1, 2, 2	1, 1, 2, 3
Max RAM, Max DIMMs	8GB, 4	32GB, 8	32GB, 8	64GB, 8 x 2 (with risers)

Cost	$2,056	$5,049	$5,087	$7,897

Posted by Doug Dineley on May 19, 2008 02:59 AM

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