Dell Precision 3660 Workstation with 13th gen Intel Core X CPU REVIEW | IT Creations
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Hi there, Doug Stuman with IT Creations with the Dell Precision 3660 workstation. Featuring Dell’s typical aesthetic for Precision platforms, this little unit features a single 12th or 13th generation Intel Core i3, i5, i7 or i9 processor. How you outfit the system will determine the type of workloads this little unit can support. At the higher end it can support 2D and 3D workloads, VR and AI workloads, or spread sheets and word processing at the lower end. It’s designed to support engineers, designers, and Architects, plus healthcare, hospitality, and can be used for digital signage in a retail environment. With support for 4K and 8K displays it will take a single high-end GPU, 2x lower end GPUs, or you can use the integrated graphic support provided by the CPU. With a similar look to the Dell Precision 7865 with an AMD Threadripper Pro processor, the Dell Precision 3660 is more of a general-purpose appliance. Two more entry-level Precision tower workstations included in… Watch the video!!
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Spreadsheets and word processing can be performed with the cheapest Pentium/Celeron CPU. You don't need a lower-end workstation-class PC for that.
Nice video on the system. Everything is a compromise in computer tech and has a shelf life.
Computer tech never ages well… Thanks for watching!
great video! If I order one with a PCIe NVMe SSD will the case still come equipped with 3.5" HDD drive caddys to add spinning drives later on?
I think… they are included for the two interior drive bays, but the front is optional and a separate purchase. Of course, mention the video and we'll make sure you get the internal drive trays!. Thanks for watching!
May I ask which app do you use to create video effects?
Hi @ucPhungNguyen,
Adobe Premier and AfterEffects. Thanks for watching!
I got this last year and honestly I am not happy with it, very noisy even though I opted for the best cooling solution they had, I ordered with a thunderbolt card, and the wire is connected in such a way that you can not mount another GPU unless you remove the Thunderbolt card which is not optimal, I would not recommend this PC. Also, when it goes into sleeping mode it keep making a cracking noise all the time unless I disable the sleep mode altogether.
Having the same experience. It's so strange, they have plenty of room but yet they use small fans and make it noisy. Manual fan control is also often impossible.
To be fair indeed like mentioned in the video, the Intel 12/13th gen runs really hot. They should offer this using AMD 7000 series CPU's!
Also, an i3 has no place in a workstation. Just don't offer it.
@@navithefairy simple answer, money. Long answer they dont care as long as corporates buy them anyway. I dont think other ppl would buy this machine in most of the cases.
best cooling solution is water cooling? would that be still noisy?
@@ohheyfranky4519 yes its water cooling and very noisy too
A 280mm AIO is required to cool the 13700k and a 360mm is required for a 13900k. This machine has 120mm AIO, they all have 120mm AIO. Rubbish LOUD and HOT Throttled CPU. No point buying anything faster than the 13700 in a Dell cause that is all it can handle.@@ohheyfranky4519
Regarding the Precision 3660 tower: Do you have any idea which, if any, PCIe and M2 slots are 'direct to cpu' rather than via the w680 chipset? Thanks
Hi there,
I cannot determine which PCIe slots are off of the chipset. Board diagram here on page 8 of the Technical Guide: www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/workstations/technical-support/precision-3660t-technical-guidebook.pdf
However, for the M.2 slots, of which there are 3x (refer to diagram above) that support an SSD and one that is for a WiFi card, SSD 0 and SSD1 support PCIe 4.0, while SSD 2 has a PCIe 3.0 interface. Check page 15 here: www.itcreations.com/user-manuals/dell-3660-manuals/dell-precision-3660-tower-setup-specifications.pdf
and page 7 here:
www.itcreations.com/user-manuals/dell-3660-manuals/dell-precision-3660-tower-specs-sheet.pdf
Hope that helps a bit at least. Thanks for watching.
@@Itcreations-LA many thanks for that! It's a bit frustrating that Dell don't divulge their mobo (0PRR48 in my case) block diagrams like some other mobo makers do. I would assume that the x16 slot is 'direct to CPU'' at the least. Thanks again.
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I firmly believe you are right on the x16 slot for the GPU. Definitely would not make sense to have that major feature, performance truncated by going thru the chipset.
I want to replace the builtin NVMe SSD (512GB) with a 1TB NVMe PCIe v4 SSD Samsung Pro 980. The new SSD is recognized in Windows if I connect it via USB casing. I initialized it and put a partition on it. But it is not detected in the BIOS of the Dell 3660 or if I try to install WIndows 11. I put it in the same slot as the old one (which should be 4.0 compatible). I upgraded to the newest BIOS version 2.8.1, temporarily disabling Bitlocker for that. Any ideas for a solution? Thank you!
Base on the info, I have no idea. Try some of the troubleshooting suggestions from the link below or failing that contact your vendor for support. www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000132300/how-to-troubleshoot-hard-drive-or-solid-state-drive-issues-on-a-dell-computer
Sorry for the lack of solution hopefully something in the above might help. Good luck and if you solve the problem please share. Would love to know the solution.
Change from the default RAID to ACHI in BIOS. No drivers are required and the Samsung will be detected.
Terrible Cooling, Terrible slow RAM, Terrible Chassis, Terrible NVME. Build your own.
These are typically meant for corporations to buy in large numbers. Savvy consumers aren't buying a Dell Precision tower like this.
I'm using a Dell Precision 5820 Workstation. Super reliable, great performance, ECC RAM, great chassis (It's basically one big vent at the front and at the rear) I'm mostly using it for gaming and media. I put a RTX gaming card in it myself. I can't talk about the 3660 because I don't own one.
Why not build your own: If you want a system of which the configuration is factory tested for stability. How often do you see people complaining about random reboots with self-built systems or systems build by local computer shops? I'm just leaving the testing to Dell and enjoy the reliability of a pro workstation. And I'm happy to pay something extra for it.
@@Aranimda for a similar price you can have a self-built PC with an AM5 Ryzen 9 series and get a CPU with 37% overall higher performance, and higher single core speeds and 100% higher base clocks. It's easy to get much, much faster RAM, and a much faster NVMe SSD.
Speed and reliability, in the right hands, shouldn't have to be a tradeoff.