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Dell Precision 7865 Tower

Single-socket AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-series tower workstation on the AMD WRX80 chipset: up to 64 cores, 1 TB of DDR4-3200 ECC in eight DIMM slots, two 300 W professional GPUs and a 1350 W Platinum PSU. Aimed at heavy CAD, simulation, rendering and AI/VR work.

Memory

Slots
8 DIMM (DIMM1–DIMM8)
Type
DDR4 ECC RDIMM (spec sheet: 8x DDR4 RDIMM up to 1 TB at 3200 MHz; ECC with RMT Pro)
Speed
3200 MT/s
DIMM sizes
8, 16, 32, 64 or 128 GB per slot
Minimum
8 GB (1 × 8 GB)
Maximum
1024 GB (8 × 128 GB)
Factory configs
1, 2, 4 or 8 DIMMs of equal size (Dell memory matrix), 8 GB up to 1024 GB
Mixing rules
No mixing of DIMM capacities, x4 and x8 DRAM modules, or 3DS and non-3DS RDIMMs
BIOS option
'Limit system memory to less than 1 TB' (disabled by default)
Cooling
Memory fan module built into the top air shroud

Storage

Front flexbays
2 externally facing flexbays; each takes a 2.5"/3.5" SATA drive or an M.2 2230/2280 PCIe NVMe Gen4 SSD carrier (NVME0/NVME1 connectors)
Internal drives
2 × 2.5"/3.5" SATA 3.0 in the internal hard-drive cage
Internal M.2
2 × M.2 2230/2280 PCIe NVMe Gen4 x4 slots on the system board (with SSD heat sink)
SATA ports
SATA-0 to SATA-4 on the board: 2 for internal HDD / slim ODD, 2 for the front flexbays
Drive options
2.5" 500 GB 7200 rpm HDD; 3.5" 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD; 3.5" Enterprise HDD up to 8 TB; M.2 2230 256 GB Class 35; M.2 2280 Class 40 up to 4 TB; M.2 2280 Opal 2.0 SED (FIPS) up to 1 TB
Maximum
Up to 56 TB (spec sheet)
Optical
8x DVD-ROM or 8x DVD+/-RW 9.5 mm slim; 16x DVD+/-RW half-height (takes the lower flexbay)
RAID
AMD RAIDXpert2 for SATA and NVMe: RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (SATA/NVMe Operation defaults to RAID On)
Add-in storage
Dell Ultra-Speed Duo and Ultra-Speed Quad cards; Zoom 2 / Zoom 4 Ultra-Speed cards (Ultra-Speed card up to 16 TB)
Locking
Lockable flexbay bezel: included with M.2 NVMe flexbays, optional with SATA flexbays

Graphics

Capacity
Up to two NVIDIA or AMD professional 300 W graphics cards (spec sheet); no integrated graphics
NVIDIA pro
RTX A6000 48 GB, RTX A5500 24 GB, RTX A4500 20 GB, RTX A4000 16 GB, RTX A2000 12 GB, T1000 8 GB, T400 4 GB, Quadro GV100 32 GB HBM2
NVIDIA GeForce
GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB, GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB
AMD
Radeon Pro W6800 32 GB, W6600 8 GB, W6400 4 GB, W6300 2 GB; Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB
GPU power
1350 W PSU: four 8-pin (6+2) auxiliary connectors; 1000 W PSU: two
Max resolution
7680 × 4320 on every listed card (needs DSC and/or multiple DP links)

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe Gen4 x16, full height
Slot 2
PCIe Gen4 x8, full height
Slot 3
PCIe Gen4 x8, full height
Slot 4
PCIe Gen4 x16, full height
Slot 5
PCIe Gen4 x8, full height
Other
TBT header for a Thunderbolt 3 add-in card; internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 port (for a USB key); BIOS PCIe bifurcation option
Add-in cards
Thunderbolt 3 PCIe card, USB 4.0 Type-C card, Intel X710 and i225 NICs, wireless LAN card, Ultra-Speed Duo/Quad and Zoom 2/Zoom 4 storage cards

Networking

Onboard
1 × RJ45 1 GbE + 1 × RJ45 10 GbE (rear)
Controllers listed
Realtek RTL8111-EPP (1 Gbps), Marvell AQC113CS / AQC113 (10 Gbps), Intel Ethernet Connection i225 (1 Gbps per manual), Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X710-T2L-t (10 Gbps)
Optional NIC cards
Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710, Intel Ethernet Controller i225 (spec sheet)
Wireless (optional)
Qualcomm WCN6856-DBS Wi-Fi 6E 2x2, up to 3571 Mbps, 2.4/5/6 GHz (6 GHz with Windows 11 only), Bluetooth 5.3 (spec sheet says 5.2)

Power

PSU options
1350 W Platinum (C20 inlet) or 1000 W Platinum (C14 inlet); the spec sheet lists only 1350 W
Input
90–264 VAC, 47–63 Hz; 16 A max (1350 W), 12 A max (1000 W)
1350 W outputs
12 VA 42 A, 12 VB 36 A, 12 VC 72 A; 3 × 4-pin CPU, 1 × 12-pin board, 4 × 8-pin (6+2) PCIe
1000 W outputs
12 VA 36 A, 12 VB 27 A, 12 VC 36 A; 2 × 4-pin CPU, 1 × 10-pin board, 2 × 8-pin (6+2) PCIe
Note
Dell: high-wattage PSU, must be connected to a PDU at all times
Diagnostics
Power-supply diagnostics light on the rear

Ports

Front
2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C with PowerShare, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, universal audio jack, SD 6.0 card reader
Rear
3 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A with Smart Power On, RJ45 1 GbE, RJ45 10 GbE, line-out, serial (optional), 2 × PS/2 (optional)
Video
Via discrete GPU only
Audio
Realtek ALC4050-CG; one internal 2 W speaker
Security
Kensington slot, padlock loop

Physical

Height
414.0 mm (417.9 mm with feet)
Width
172.6 mm (176.5 mm with feet)
Depth
429.6 mm (452.1 mm with lock structure)
Weight
16.10 kg minimum, 21.90 kg maximum
Chassis
Full-size (medium-size) tower; carrying grip; lockable tool-less side panel; optional rail kit screws to the chassis sides
Cooling
Front fan, two rear fans, hard-drive fan, CPU fan and heat sink, memory fan in the air shroud
Operating environment
10–35 °C, 20–80% RH non-condensing, up to 3048 m

Management

Remote management
AMD Advanced Management with DASH
TPM
Discrete TPM 2.0 (firmware TPM when the discrete TPM is disabled)
Security
Chassis intrusion switch, coin-lock chassis lock, lockable flexbay bezels, SED (Opal/FIPS) support, BIOS passwords, BIOS Secure Erase
Software
Dell Optimizer for Precision, Dell Trusted Device agent (for the intrusion switch)
Wake
Wake on LAN/WLAN, Auto On Time (BIOS)

Operating systems

Windows
Windows 11 Pro 64-bit; Windows 11 Pro downgrade (Windows 10 Pro factory image); Windows 11 CMIT Government Edition (China only)
Linux
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6

Processors

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX