Dell Precision 7960 Tower
Dell's largest single-socket Xeon W tower on the Intel W790 chipset: 12 to 60-core Xeon w5/w7/w9 CPUs (up to 385 W), 16 DDR5 ECC RDIMM slots over 8 channels for up to 4 TB, eight PCIe slots (two Gen5 x16), up to four 300 W GPUs, up to 10 front/rear FlexBays and 8 M.2 NVMe drives, on a 1400 W Gold or 2200 W Platinum PSU. Aimed at simulation, rendering, AI and other heavy multi-threaded and multi-GPU work; it can also go in a rack (5U kit).
Memory
- Slots
- 16 DIMM (DIMM1-DIMM16), 8 memory channels
- Type
- DDR5 ECC RDIMM
- Speed
- 4800 MT/s; clocks down to 4400 MT/s (or lower, CPU dependent) with 2 DIMMs per channel; the manual says this happens when the 12th or 16th slot is filled. w5-3423 and w5-3433 run at up to 4400 MT/s in every configuration. The store also listed 5600 MT/s-rated modules
- DIMM sizes
- 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 GB
- Minimum
- 16 GB (1 × 16 GB)
- Maximum
- 4 TB (16 × 256 GB)
- Population
- Install from DIMM1 first (Dell's memory matrix gives the slot order for 1 to 16 DIMMs)
- Cooling
- Front and rear memory fans (DDR FAN0/FAN1) plug into the air shroud
Storage
- FlexBays
- 10 externally facing FlexBays (6 front + 4 rear) without an optical drive, or 8 (4 front + 4 rear) with one; each takes a 2.5"/3.5" SATA/SAS drive or an M.2 NVMe module; optional lockable front and rear bezels
- M.2 NVMe
- Up to 8 M.2 NVMe drives in FlexBays (4 front, 4 rear) via the front/rear NVMe connectors; no M.2 slots on the system board
- Optical
- Slim 9.5 mm 8x DVD-ROM or 8x DVD±RW, or 16x DVD±RW half-height
- SATA
- Intel chipset 6 Gb/s SATA: up to 8 ports for drives + 1 for optical (SATA 0-3 and SATA 4-7 connectors)
- Drive options
- M.2 2280 NVMe Gen4 x4 Class 40 SSD 512 GB-4 TB (Opal 2.0 SED 512 GB/1 TB); 2.5" SATA HDD 500 GB; 2.5" SAS HDD 10K up to 2.4 TB, 15K 600 GB; 3.5" SATA HDD 1-12 TB; 2.5" 1.92 TB SATA mixed-use SSD
- Intel RAID
- Intel VMD with VROC pass-through built in; Intel VROC SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 over up to 8 SATA ports; optional VROC Standard key (NVMe RAID 0/1/10) or Premium (adds RAID 5); max 4 drives per RAID set, one set in the front and one in the rear FlexBays. VMD controllers: rear NVMe 0-1, rear NVMe 2-3, front NVMe 0-1, front NVMe 2-3
- RAID cards
- Broadcom MegaRAID 9660-16i (hardware RAID, up to 10 SATA/SAS drives or 4 M.2 NVMe in the front FlexBays) or MegaRAID 9540-8i (RAID 0/1/10, up to 8 SATA/SAS drives); SAS drives need a MegaRAID card. Dell validated RAID 0/1/5/10
- NVMe add-in
- Dell Precision Ultra-Speed Drive Quad (x16, 4 × M.2) and Duo (x8, 2 × M.2) cards with active cooling; up to 8 M.2 on two Quad cards
- Total
- Spec sheet: up to 152 TB storage
Graphics
- Capacity
- Up to 4 × 300 W graphics cards (spec sheet); the store offered quad RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q, quad RTX 6000 Ada and quad RTX 5880 Ada configurations
- NVIDIA Blackwell
- RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16 GB, RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 24 GB, RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32 GB, RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48 GB, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q 96 GB
- NVIDIA Ada
- RTX 2000 Ada 16 GB, RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB, RTX 4500 Ada 24 GB, RTX 5000 Ada 32 GB, RTX 5880 Ada 48 GB (store), RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB
- NVIDIA other
- RTX A400 4 GB, RTX A1000 8 GB, RTX A2000 12 GB, RTX A4000 16 GB, RTX A4500 20 GB, RTX A5500 24 GB, RTX A6000 48 GB, T400 4 GB, T1000 8 GB, A800 40 GB HBM2 (compute only, no display outputs; paired with a T1000 or RTX A1000 for display)
- AMD
- Radeon PRO W6300, W6400, W6600, W6800, W7400, W7500, W7600, W7700, W7900
- Aux power
- 1100/1400 W PSU: 4 × 8-pin (6+2) aux connectors on the power distribution board; 1500/2200 W PSU: 8 × 8-pin (6+2)
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe Gen5 x16 (CPU), full height
- Slot 2
- PCIe Gen4 x8 connector wired x4 (PCH), open-ended, full height, half length
- Slot 3
- PCIe Gen4 x8 connector wired x4 (PCH), open-ended, full height, half length
- Slot 4
- PCIe Gen4 x16 (CPU), full height
- Slot 5
- PCIe Gen5 x16 (CPU), full height
- Slot 6
- PCIe Gen4 x8 (CPU), open-ended, full height
- Slot 7
- PCIe Gen4 x8 (CPU), open-ended, full height
- Slot 8
- PCIe Gen4 x16 (CPU), full height
- Headers
- TBT header for the Thunderbolt add-in card; VROC key header; 2 × internal USB 2.0
Networking
- Onboard
- Intel i219-LM 1 GbE + Marvell AQC113 10 GbE, 2 × RJ45
- Wireless
- Optional Qualcomm WCN6856-DBS Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 (up to 3571 Mbps, 2.4/5/6 GHz); Bluetooth 5.3 (manual; spec sheet says 5.2)
- Optional NICs
- Intel i226 2.5 GbE (spec sheet: i225), Intel X710-T2L dual 10GBASE-T, Intel X710-DA2 dual 10 GbE SFP+, Intel E810-XXVDA2 dual 25 GbE SFP28 (transceivers extra)
Power
- Option 1
- 1100 W at 90-180 VAC / 1400 W at 180-264 VAC, 80 PLUS Gold (90% efficient), 15 A max
- Option 2
- 1200 W at 90-114.9 VAC / 1500 W at 115-179.9 VAC / 2200 W at 180-264 VAC, 80 PLUS Platinum, 16 A max; C20 inlet (C19 cord), needs a 20 A circuit at 115 V or a 220 V circuit
- Output
- Single 12 V: 1400 W 116.7 A; 2200 W 180.33 A; 12 V standby 8 A
- PSU size
- 63 × 160 × 225 mm; externally accessible, removable and lockable
Ports
- Front
- 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C with PowerShare (spec sheet: Gen 2), 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, universal audio jack, SD card slot
- 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, 2 × PS/2
- Video
- Via discrete graphics only
- Optional cards
- Thunderbolt 4 PCIe card, USB 3.1 PCIe card
- Audio
- Realtek ALC3246-CGT, one internal speaker (2 W average, 2.5 W peak)
Physical
- Form
- Full-size tower; 19" rack-mount kit available (takes 5U)
- Height
- 430.7 mm (434.2 mm with feet)
- Width
- 218 mm
- Depth
- 538.3 mm (569.15 mm with lock structure)
- Weight
- 21.04 kg minimum, 23.81 kg typical, 37.56 kg maximum
- Environment
- Operating 10-35 °C, 10-90% RH non-condensing; up to 3048 m
Management
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0, chassis intrusion switch, coin-lock chassis lock, padlock loop, Kensington slot, optional lockable front and rear FlexBay bezels
- Store options
- Secured Component Verification (on device / on cloud); Intel VROC Standard/Premium keys
- Firmware
- 32 MB SPI flash (RPMC) / 16 MB (nRPMC)
Operating systems
- Windows
- Windows 11 Pro for Workstations; Windows 11 Pro for Workstations downgrade (Windows 10 Pro for Workstations factory image); Windows 10 CMIT Government Edition (China only)
- Linux
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 and 9.3 (depending on the processor)
- Other
- Dell NativeEdge OS (store option)
Processors
- Intel Xeon w9-3595X
- Intel Xeon w9-3575X
- Intel Xeon w7-3565X
- Intel Xeon w7-3555
- Intel Xeon w7-3545
- Intel Xeon w5-3535X
- Intel Xeon w5-3525
- Intel Xeon w9-3495X
- Intel Xeon w9-3475X
- Intel Xeon w7-3465X
- Intel Xeon w7-3455
- Intel Xeon w7-3445
- Intel Xeon w5-3435X
- Intel Xeon w5-3425
- Intel Xeon w5-3433
- Intel Xeon w5-3423