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Dell Precision 3430

An entry small-form-factor workstation on 8th Gen Intel Core and Xeon E processors, with room for a single full-height graphics card and up to three internal drives.

Memory

Slots
4 DIMM slots
Type
DDR4, up to 2666 MHz, non-ECC and ECC
Max
64 GB

Storage

Bays
1 internal 3.5" bay (supports 1 × 3.5" or 2 × 2.5" drives); 1 external slimline optical bay; 3 × SATA 6 Gb/s internal connectors
M.2
1 M.2 (22×80 mm) PCIe SSD slot on motherboard, up to 2 TB NVMe
Add-in storage
1 additional PCIe SSD via Dell Precision Ultra-Speed Drive (x8) with active cooling, up to 2 TB
2.5" SATA SSD
Up to 2 × 1 TB
2.5" SATA HDD
Up to 2 × 1 TB, 7200 RPM
3.5" SATA HDD
Up to 1 × 4 TB, 5400 RPM, or 1 × 2 TB, 7200 RPM
Self-encrypting drives
500 GB 7200 RPM HDD; 512 GB NVMe SSD; 512 GB 2.5" SSD
Controller
Integrated Intel Rapid Storage Controller 12.0, SATA 6 Gb/s, host-based RAID 0/1
Optical (optional)
DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW, or Blu-ray Writer (not available with Smart Card Reader)

Graphics

Discrete (up to 55 W, PCIe x16 Gen3)
AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100, WX 3100, WX 2100; NVIDIA Quadro P1000, P620, P400
Integrated
Intel HD Graphics 630 (professional 2D)

Expansion

Slot 1
Half-height PCIe x16 Gen 3
Slot 2
Half-height PCIe x4 Gen 3
Slot 3
M.2 (22×80 mm)
Add-in cards
Thunderbolt 3 PCIe card; Dell Precision Ultra-Speed Drive (x8, active cooling); Serial Port PCIe card; Parallel Port PCIe card; Smart Card Reader (CAC/PIV); Remote Access Host Card (Tera2); USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 PCIe card

Networking

Ethernet
Integrated Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM, 10/100/1000
Optional
Intel 10/100/1000 PCIe Gigabit networking card; Aquantia AQtion AQN-108 2.5/5 GbE NIC adapter; wireless/Bluetooth with vPro support

Power

Supply
200 W 85% efficient (80 PLUS Bronze), 200 W 85% efficient (80 PLUS Gold), or 260 W 92% efficient (80 PLUS Platinum); Energy Star compliant

Ports

Front
2 × USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.1 Type-A (5 Gb), 1 × USB 3.1 Type-C (10 Gb, data only), 1 × universal audio jack, optional internal SD card reader
Rear
2 × USB 2.0 Type-A with SmartPower, 4 × USB 3.1 Type-A (5 Gb), 2 × PS/2, 2 × DisplayPort, 1 × optional port (VGA/HDMI 2.0/DP++ 1.2/USB-C with DP Alt mode), 1 × RJ45, 1 × serial, 1 × audio line-out, 2 × SMA antenna connectors
Internal
3 × SATA 6 Gb/s

Physical

Dimensions
290 × 92.6 × 292 mm (11.42" × 3.65" × 11.5", H×W×D)
Weight
5.117 kg (11.28 lb), minimum

Management

Systems management
Dell Client Command Suite; Intel vPro/AMT support on select processors
Security
TPM 2.0, Dell Data Guardian, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, Dell HW Crypto Accelerator, Microsoft BitLocker, BIOS secure erase, self-encrypting drives (Opal FIPS), chassis lock slot, chassis intrusion switch, D-Pedigree secure supply chain, setup/BIOS password, optional smart card keyboard, Intel Trusted Execution Technology, Intel Identity Protection Technology, Dell SecureWorks, optional Computrace, Intel Software Guard Extensions

Operating systems

Supported
Windows 10 Professional (64-bit); Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (64-bit, with Xeon); Windows 10 Home (64-bit); Ubuntu Linux 16.04; NeoKylin 6.0 SP3 (China only); Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (announced)

Processors

  • Intel Xeon E-2174G
  • Intel Xeon E-2146G
  • Intel Xeon E-2136
  • Intel Xeon E-2124G
  • Intel Xeon E-2124
  • Intel Core i7-8700
  • Intel Core i5-8600
  • Intel Core i5-8500
  • Intel Core i3-8100
  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400