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[Refurb] Dell Precision 5820 Workstation Xeon W-2235, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe, RTX 3090 $1,710 Delivered @ ACT Networks

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[Refurb] Dell Precision 5820 Workstation Xeon W-2235, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe, RTX 3090 $1,710 Delivered @ ACT Networks
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AssociatedPACTnetworks on 13/06/2025 - 12:57 actnetworks.com.au (2341 clicks)
Last edited 13/06/2025 - 13:21 by 1 other user

We have a limited quantity of Dell T5820 Workstations that arrived with factory installed RTX 3090 GPUs.

Condition: Used, may have minor marks or scratches.

Specs:

  • CPU: Intel Xeon W-2235 (6C/12T, 3.8GHz base / 4.6GHz turbo)
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4 (4x16GB)
  • Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD + 4TB SATA HDD
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
  • PSU: 950W

The website will show the price as $1,900 but will drop to $1,710 with an automatic 10% discount when added to the cart.
Delivery is free Australia Wide.

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  • Sleepycat3 on 13/06/2025 - 13:04

    Will you come across workstations with 4090 in the future?

    • AssociatedACTnetworks @ ACT Networks on 13/06/2025 - 13:16
      +13

      In the future, probably. Within the next 2 years? Unlikely.

  • Moderatoralvian on 13/06/2025 - 13:14

    Is this computer brand new, or new old stock, or refurbished, or used?

    • AssociatedACTnetworks @ ACT Networks on 13/06/2025 - 13:17

      Refurbished

      • Moderatoralvian on 13/06/2025 - 13:20

        A reminder to disclose non-new items upfront in your deal post. You can do this by prepending the tag [Refurb] or [Refurbished] or [Used] to your title. Preferably you should add a condition report to your description.

        • AssociatedACTnetworks @ ACT Networks on 13/06/2025 - 13:22
          +4

          Sorry missed that. Thankyou.

  • FujinShu on 13/06/2025 - 13:22
    +2

    WOOOOOO WE FINALLY GET AN RTX 3090!!!

    • UNFKNBLVBL on 13/06/2025 - 13:27
      +7

      used 3090's are selling for around $1000

      • beeze on 13/06/2025 - 13:51
        +1

        It's a dell 3090, do you homework as it might not be removable or standard. I don't know either way but Dell machines are mostly built with proprietary hardware.

        • UNFKNBLVBL on 13/06/2025 - 14:02
          +9

          pretty sure dell actually did a decent 3090 and yes it will be removable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8k5PCmFm7c steve was happy enough with it
          Case/cooling components will be propietary.
          PSU you might get lucky, I have had previous Dell's that take standard power supplies, not sure about this one though, it does say 24 pin but you would need to confirm the pins

          CPU, RAM, SSD, HDD, GPU and maybe power supply all standard seems ok to me

          I suspect I did my homework way ahead of time, maybe you didn't do yours?

        • krisspy on 13/06/2025 - 17:12
          +2

          No, I've had a 3070 from a dell. They're just very basic models, not proprietary.

        • sponson on 14/06/2025 - 00:05

          Nah they're just no frills cards made by PNY or similar. They have normal power connectors.

    • plmko on 13/06/2025 - 13:27
      +5

      So used 3090ti are worth $1700 and you think this entire system is worth $1000?

      Something tells me you don't know what you're talking about.

    • snep on 13/06/2025 - 13:29
      +5

      This is realistically for those who want the 3090 specifically, e.g. for vram capacity. This deal isn't bad for that, given the inflated used price.

    • macmanluke on 13/06/2025 - 13:37
      +2

      Depends what you want to do with it - would make a nice home server/nas with lots of ECC ram etc and 3090 is not bad for playing with AI

      • mskeggs on 13/06/2025 - 14:18
        +4

        And room heater!

    • superroach on 13/06/2025 - 13:37
      +1

      a 3090 has 24gb Vram so not comparable.

    • StorminNorman on 13/06/2025 - 14:41
      +1

      as someone who uses workstations, running them at 90% rate 24/7 crunching data, it is the robustness of the electronics that is the premium price payment here.

  • Acephalia on 13/06/2025 - 13:29
    +1

    @ACTnetworks any warranty period? Thank you.

    • 303-Acid on 13/06/2025 - 13:45

      It says on the product page, 12 Month RTB

      • Acephalia on 13/06/2025 - 14:01

        I couldn’t find it on the product page for some reason. Searched as well. Just wanted to double check. Thank you.

    • AssociatedACTnetworks @ ACT Networks on 13/06/2025 - 13:46

      12 Months Warranty

  • Naigrabzo on 13/06/2025 - 13:51
    -4

    Imagine this deal for $1000. Would be hot cakes?

    • ploptoilet on 13/06/2025 - 14:42
      +20

      Yea imagine any deal ever selling for an extra 40% off

    • spaceflight on 13/06/2025 - 18:20

      I'd prefer it for $0.99

      • Mikeer on 14/06/2025 - 00:09
        +1

        I'd buy that for a dollar!

  • BlinkyBill on 13/06/2025 - 13:55
    +1

    @ACTnetworks, will you be selling the 3090s on their own at some point if they are slow to sell as a bundle? I'd be interested in two 3090s if you are.

    • AssociatedACTnetworks @ ACT Networks on 13/06/2025 - 14:31

      Ideally, we'd prefer to sell these as complete units. We'll give it two weeks to see how they sell and then decide whether to pull the cards.

      • Gary Gary Gary on 13/06/2025 - 15:17

        are they standard to pull out if we just buy the whole unit?

  • kungfuman on 13/06/2025 - 14:01
    -3

    yeah the 3090 isn't awesome card it used to be like if you had a 5070 TI it would beat it by a clean mile or more. this might make a good editing rig though.

    • BlinkyBill on 13/06/2025 - 14:14
      +3

      Not if you need 24GB :) Plus, 936 GB/sec it's competitive against 40/50 series.

      • kungfuman on 13/06/2025 - 14:16
        -1

        as i said would make a good editing rig. I dont' think there is a game out there that has a requirement to run at 24gb of vram

    • Commodore64 on 13/06/2025 - 14:58
      +4

      Only if you’re considering gaming.
      For inference and training 3090 still creams anything except its successors.
      Not just because of VRAM, but also CUDA units and bandwidth

  • congo on 13/06/2025 - 14:14
    +3

    24GB enough for LLM?

    • Wonderfool on 13/06/2025 - 14:42
      +1

      LLM can range from 1gb to every single vram you can feed it. You can test it with your current set up and see if you need to upgrade.

    • ferry594 on 13/06/2025 - 15:33
      +2

      You can run an LLM locally on your iPhone. depends on how big it is and how good you want it to be. anything comparable to Claude or chatpgt will not be able to run on any consumer hardware though.

    • Referenced on 14/06/2025 - 01:34

      qwen3 32b is pretty decent and will run on a 3090

  • kogi on 13/06/2025 - 14:14
    +2

    Nice workstation with ecc ram

  • scrimshaw on 13/06/2025 - 14:51
    +4

    The GPU is pretty decent, basically within 5 to 10 percent of an RTX 4070 Ti in gaming, but I think where this will likely shine is in generative AI / LLM because of the 24GB VRAM buffer.

    The weakest part is that Circa-2019 processor which is Skylake generation. Maybe around Ryzen 5600 (65 watt) in performance but rated at 130w.

    • Wonderfool on 13/06/2025 - 14:55
      +3

      Probably ryzen 3600. This is basically an i5 with ECC support. A bit higher binned and clocked though.

    • congo on 13/06/2025 - 15:06

      Yeah i will pass because of the CPU

    • snep on 13/06/2025 - 16:24
      +2

      True, though it does have a few benefits which may become apparent for workstation uses - quad channel memory, ecc, avx512…

  • aong152 on 13/06/2025 - 15:05
    +1

    Decent apart from CPU. Remember its server grade which would be much more expensive. I assume when they were new in 2019 they woulid have been $10k or so.

  • budgie67 on 13/06/2025 - 15:05
    -2

    How can a refurb with minor marks or scratches still be $1,710??

    • congo on 13/06/2025 - 15:06
      +4

      Have you seen GPU prices?

    • thatsnasty on 13/06/2025 - 15:09
      +1

      purely for the graphics card from what I've read in the other comments.

    • scrimshaw on 13/06/2025 - 15:10
      +1

      Business grade equipment usually has a price premium. But this is especially pricey because it's a workstation product line with a beefy Gpu.

  • DrDan on 13/06/2025 - 16:35

    any sub 300 deals coming? want to get something for my dad

  • ce5himm on 13/06/2025 - 16:49
    +1

    Remind me that I missed a 3090 PC from marketplace for only $1100.

    • John Barosa on 13/06/2025 - 20:41

      HOw can you test a used PC tho? The PC's components may be broken. Are you gonna enter the dude's house, and run benchmarking software?

      Too risky imo.

    • AmperSand on 13/06/2025 - 21:51

      Maybe you didn't miss a 3090 PC from marketplace just merely retained a kidney.

  • rhino86 on 13/06/2025 - 17:37
    +1

    CAD users, Video editing users go go go

  • PVA on 13/06/2025 - 18:28
    -1

    Says $1900 on the site.

    • turna on 13/06/2025 - 18:31
      +1

      As per the post:

      "The website will show the price as $1,900 but will drop to $1,710 with an automatic 10% discount when added to the cart."

      • PVA on 13/06/2025 - 19:10

        Thanks.

        Bloody hell , i stopped reading that far. I did check for a code or something.

  • cannedhams on 13/06/2025 - 22:10

    would this be able to run deepseek r1?

    • Joshminey on 13/06/2025 - 22:44
      +1

      Ask DeepSeek

    • Joshminey on 13/06/2025 - 22:47
      +1

      Can run the 32B model according to DeepSeek.

    • awph on 14/06/2025 - 02:57
      +1

      The 32b (q4) model will fit on the GPU, you'll get about 30 tokens per second. If you upgrade the ram to 512GB you can also run the full 671b (q4) model on the CPU, but you'll be looking at less than 2 tokens per second which is extremely slow.

      • cannedhams on 14/06/2025 - 19:28

        thanks for that

  • awph on 14/06/2025 - 06:07
    +16

    I have this machine, here are some stuff that you should keep in mind. Dell doesn't document their part numbers properly so I wasted quite a bit of time finding the part numbers.

    • Cooling:
      • The CPU cooling fan (0WP9JW) is 80x20mm (non-standard size).
      • The CPU socket is Narrow ILM so you're basically stuck with the stock cooler.
      • The machine isn't exactly quiet but it's tolerable, no high rpm server fans. Mine idles at about 35dB.
      • Airflow in the PCIe area is pretty good thanks to the large fan at the bottom of the front panel. Double check this fan and make sure the label is facing inwards, this fan can sometimes be installed backwards.
      • If you replaced any stock cooling fans with quieter and slower ones, you need to disable Dell Reliable Memory Technology to stop it from complaining about fan failures on startup. Keep in mind that you're now solely responsible for keeping an eye on the thermals, don't bother the seller if something went wrong because you modified the cooling solution.
    • Power:
      • The power distribution board (0TV5X6) has three connectors that can be used to supply PCIe auxiliary power.
      • There are two 8 pin to 6+2p cables (076VYK) which are likely standard for this configuration.
      • You can purchase a special 10 pin to 6+2p cable (0P94J9) that plugs into the POWER_CPU1 connector to power a second GPU, or anything else that needs additional power. This part almost definitely does not come with the machine and can be hard to find.
    • Storage:
      • The top two flexbays in this configuration are NVMe ONLY, SATA drives are not supported. If you need to add a second NVMe drive to the top flexbay, you have 3 options:
        1. Buy another 066XHV
        2. Use a U.2 NVMe drive with the supplied 2.5"/3.5" caddy
        3. Use an M.2 to U.2 (2.5") adapter with the supplied 2.5"/3.5" caddy
      • It's cheaper to use an M.2 to PCIe adapter card if you want to add more M.2 NVMe drives, lots of PCIe slots in this machine.
      • HMB drives do work properly.
      • The two flexbays at the bottom are connected directly to the motherboard SATA ports in this configuration (no HBA). The drive activity LEDs on the caddy will not work because the backplane doesn't have them. Obviously SAS drives are not supported either unless you install an HBA.
      • You can install a 0WM1YT or 088PWP in the unpopulated 5.25" optical drive bay on the left (behind the plastic panel) to get one 3.5" or two 2.5" internal drive bays. The OEM drive cage comes with a fan that can plug into the motherboard, but it's very noisy so I wouldn't recommend it. A generic 5.25" to 3.5" or dual 2.5" bracket is much cheaper and probably works just as well, just make sure it's shorter than a normal optical drive or you won't be able to put the front panel back on (no optical drive cutout).
    • PCIe: If the GPU is installed in slot 4 (x16), you might want to move it to slot 2 (x16), so slot 3 (x1) gets covered by the GPU instead of slot 5 (x4).
    • Memory: Dell's documentation about memory doesn't mention LRDIMMs, and it's possible for these older boards to be compatible with only RDIMMs but not LRDIMMs. I've tested LRDIMMs and they work perfectly fine.
    • Firmware:
      • This machine has official support from Dell on LVFS.
      • BIOS updates will not install unless you have a monitor connected to the GPU, the machine will just reboot and skip the update. HDMI or DisplayPort EDID dongles can be used if you intend to run it in a headless configuration.
      • The intrusion switch cannot be disabled in software. The machine will shut down abruptly if you open the side panel while it's on, and will not boot with the side panel open unless you keep it held down.
    • USB: The internal USB port on the motherboard (USB 2_INT) is kind of hard to access and because it's buried in a bunch of wires. Double check the clearance if you want to connect a flashdrive for Unraid.
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