Will Ecc Registered Memory Work In My T3500 Workstation?

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I recently bought ii Dell T3500 workstations via Craig's List and wanted to join in here to learn about upgrades, exchange war stories, and generally increase my noesis near these desktop beasts.

Both came with 09KPNV mobos, W3530 CPUs (2.8 GHz, 4Cores, 8Thr), 8Gigs of RAM, Quadro 1800 vid cards, one DVD-ROM and DVD-R/W each, and two spinning HDs in RAID-0 in each box.

The seller liked that I showed up with greenbacks so he threw in ii more than 2Gig RAM sticks, giving me one T3500 with 12Gigs of RAM. Ane of the RAID-0 pairs has both HDs throwing SMART codes predicting near-future failure - the seller is no longer answering my phone calls about replacing those HDs (imagine that ) I temporarily put a single 60Gig SSD in the 12Gig RAM car and it is at present very fast for its age. Windows 7 Experience Index scores (yeah, I know...) are vii.6 for CPU & SSD performances, 6.7 for vid performances. I figured out later on that the RAM sticks are mismatched in but about every way possible: Single vs dual rank, at least three manufacturers, etc, such that CPU-Z says the RAM is running at 533MHz even though all the sticks are reportedly 667MHz.

Then far I've gotten an X5680 CPU (3.33GHz, 6Cores, 12Thr) to upgrade 1 of the machines, and am considering putting an nVidia GTX 650Ti Heave, a 750Ti, or a 1050Ti in place of the Quadro 1800. BIOS is updated to A17.

I need some guidance as to RAM upgrades: do I get a fully matched 6-pack of 2GB sticks, three (or six) matched 4Gb sticks, or three/vi 8Gb sticks. From what I've read here the 8Giggers are probably a no-go. Also, is there a more than preferred CPU for this mobo? Equally much every bit I'd like to overclock the CPUs these machines have the four-pipe rut sinks, then there are physical (and physics) limits. I *really* don't desire to get into exotic metalwork

So, any help would be appreciated!

Will Ecc Registered Memory Work In My T3500 Workstation?,

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