Is this XEON Motherboard standard ATX form factor + ATX PSU compatible?

[maartendc]

Hello all,

 

My office is getting rid of some workstations, and I could get for free a Dell Precision T5810 with the following specs:

 

- Xeon E5 quad core CPU (not sure about model)

- 4x4GB DDR4 2133Mhz

- Quadro K4200 GPU

- Crucial BX100 SSD

 

I'm trying to figure out if it is worth taking home. I would likely get rid of the case, and put it in a smaller case of some kind to run as a home server. 

 

1. Just trying to figure out if the motherboard they have in there is compatible with a standard ATX PSU:  I see it takes a 24-pin ATX connector, which seems standard enough. Not sure about that CPU connector though?

 

2. Also, can anyone tell me if the size of the motherboard is a standard ATX size, would it fit inside of a normal case?

 

here is a photo and layout diagram of the motherboard:

 

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/precision-t5810-workstation/precision_t5810_om_pub/system-board-components?guid=guid-b80a46a7-753e-49fb-82f6-474d3a37bba6&lang=en-us

 

Thank you!

[NelizMastr]

It's fully proprietary. You'll need to keep the case if you want to use the board and the PSU also.

[paddy-stone]

Was just about to reply when @NelizMastr got there first...

 

[NelizMastr]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

Was just about to reply when @NelizMastr got there first...

[maartendc]

2 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

It's fully proprietary. You'll need to keep the case if you want to use the board and the PSU also.

 

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

Was just about to reply when @NelizMastr got there first...

 

OK thanks guys!

I see now that the power connector for the CPU is 10-pins for some reason, not the typical 8 pins.

 

Could I just keep the PSU and get rid of the case? What would I need the case for? I cant think of anything other than the power button on the front being proprietary? (I dont care about the front I/O panel or sound).

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, maartendc said:

 

OK thanks guys!

I see now that the power connector for the CPU is 10-pins for some reason, not the typical 8 pins.

 

Could I just keep the PSU and get rid of the case? What would I need the case for? I cant think of anything other than the power button on the front being proprietary? (I dont care about the front I/O panel or sound).

It won't fit an ATX case, and it has sensors connected which will throw weird errors if it's installed into a different enclosure. The PSU is proprietary and will only work with this board or similar Dell machines.

[paddy-stone]

https://qrl.dell.com/Files/en-us/Html/Manuals/T5810/Avalon3SystemBoardComponents=GUID-B80A46A7-753E-49FB-82F6-474D3A37BBA6=1=en-us=.html

[GoldenLag]

9 minutes ago, maartendc said:

Could I just keep the PSU and get rid of the case?

You can use 2 PSUs to mount GPUs and extra to it. 

[maartendc]

23 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

It won't fit an ATX case, and it has sensors connected which will throw weird errors if it's installed into a different enclosure. The PSU is proprietary and will only work with this board or similar Dell machines.

OK thanks. Perhaps I could Frankenstein the motherboard + PSU it into a different case drilling my own holes for motherboard standoffs or something..

 

That about the sensors.. I had never heard of that. What kind of errors are you talking about? BIOS errors that would prevent the system from booting at all? Or would it not interfere with the system functioning?

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, maartendc said:

Perhaps I could Frankenstein the motherboard + PSU it into a different case drilling my own holes for motherboard standoffs or something..

You'd really go through that much trouble instead of buying a motherboard? Find out the CPU model and we'll see the damage

[maartendc]

28 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

You'd really go through that much trouble instead of buying a motherboard? Find out the CPU model and we'll see the damage

Thanks for the suggestions! @GoldenLag @paddy-stone @NelizMastr

 

Yes at this point, it seems like a lot of trouble... I am thinking I could just salvage:

 

- XEON CPU

- Quadro GPU

- DDR4 RAM

- SSD

- Perhaps the DVD drive

 

And move those parts to a new motherboard with a standard PSU.

 

I verified the CPU, it is a XEON E5-1620 V3 (3.5 Ghz 4C/8T).

I believe the motherboard runs the Intel C612 chipset, but not entirely sure.

 

Do they even make standard ATX motherboards for XEON CPU's?

 

The best I could find was this board from Asrock: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813157615?item=9SIA8N28AN9279&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googlemkp-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googlemkp-pc-_-pla-teleasy-_-motherboards+-+server-_-9SIA8N28AN9279&gclid=CjwKCAjwg-DpBRBbEiwAEV1_-L9F3KF84wiSw_7UKcG0DkSYZS41OipRzxTx7iZlQYgpOggn1PfItBoCCg0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Buying a $278 motherboard makes this "free" computer not so free anymore all of a sudden, LOL. I cannot really find much on Ebay regarding LGA 2011 motherboards that support XEONS, apart from a bunch of old server parts that are non-standard as well...

 

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[Fasauceome]

19 minutes ago, maartendc said:

I cannot really find much on Ebay regarding LGA 2011 motherboards that support XEONS, apart from a bunch of old server parts that are non-standard as well...

X99 motherboards support Xeons, and every ASRock board at least supports ECC. They're not cheap, but a $150 motherboard for a free PC does make some level of sense.

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264206464035

 

Does 4 ram dimms work?

[maartendc]

24 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

X99 motherboards support Xeons, and every ASRock board at least supports ECC. They're not cheap, but a $150 motherboard for a free PC does make some level of sense.

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264206464035

 

Does 4 ram dimms work?

Thanks for the advice!

 

Oh really, that would be sweet! Wait, but is this true for all X99 motherboards? was looking into X99 motherboards, and the product pages I was looking at (Asus) only listed i7 CPU's as being supported, not Xeons?

 

But I do see this Asrock board lists Xeons as supported: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7/index.asp#Specification

 

Yes, the system comes with 4x4GB RAM sticks, non-ECC, so that should work!

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, maartendc said:

Thanks for the advice!

 

Oh really, that would be sweet! Wait, but is this true for all X99 motherboards? was looking into X99 motherboards, and the product pages I was looking at (Asus) only listed i7 CPU's as being supported, not Xeons?

 

But I do see this Asrock board lists Xeons as supported: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7/index.asp#Specification

 

Yes, the system comes with 4x4GB RAM sticks, non-ECC, so that should work!

I don't think they ever list Xeons. I've almost exclusively ran Xeons (only have an i7 in my one mobo that still doesn't support Westmere-EP) on my X58 mobos, and not a single one has had Xeons listed on the compat list, but every single one ran just fine with them. Also you can snoop around for a sale, I snagged my current EVGA X99 Classified as a B-Stock for only $99 on sale, usually they still want over $200 for them IIRC. 

[excalibur56]

Hello there,

65 years old newbie from Belgium, just here to make some good use out of my Dell T5610 components and try to build myself for the very first time a computer to edit my photos.

So I will need all the help I can get. This Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7 looks very promissing, but my workstation runs on DDR3. Will that work?

Would be great to put everything on that motherboard and into a nice looking, modern case.

Please people, give this man all the help he can get.

I got nice SSD's (a.o. Samsung SSD 870 QVO 2TB (SSD)), 64 Giegs of DDR3 :(, Xeon, Nvidia Quadro K4000, original power supply + a sec Corsair CX 430. Could someone help me with a list of what I would need to build my first computer. I am not into gaming at all, just like to use Lr, Luminar AI and Nik Collection, but yeah maybe all at the same time.

Thanks in advance to all you young people out there.