Dell Starts Shipping Precision T1600 Workstation

Posted 04/07/2011 at 6:15am | by Paul Lilly

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While industry pundits argue over what effect tablets are having on PC sales, companies like Dell continue to ship new models in the familiar tower form factor. Such is the case with Dell's new Precision T1600, a tower workstation that's now shipping to customers worldwide. Because it's a workstation, the components are geared more towards work (like AutoCAD) than play, and should you need to poke around inside, all the hardware comes wrapped in a tool-less chassis.

"The T1600 is for customers who use professional software applications such as AutoCAD or Pro/Engineer and need the performance and reliability that only a workstation with certified applications can offer," Dell stated in a blog post. "When customers upgrade to a workstation from a desktop or whitebox system, they will be surprised at the big increase in performance from professional grade graphics, processors, and ISV certifications for not a big increase in price."

Pricing starts at $829 (currently on sale for $629) for a basic setup, which includes an Intel Core i3 2100 processor (3.10GHz), 2GB DDR3-1333, Intel HD 2000 graphics, 250GB 7200RPM hard drive, and Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Several upgrades are available if you're willing to spend more skrilla, including Xeon processors (up to a quad-core Xeon E3-1280 clocked at 3.5GHz), up to 16GB of RAM, up to dual Nvidia Quadro NVS 3000 or ATI FirePro 2270 videocards, larger hard drives configured in a RAID array, Blu-ray reader, and other upgrades.

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