E30 RAM Upgrades

[ntd]

We're thinking about purchasing some E30s and had a couple question about upgrading RAM.

If I initially purchase an E30 with one non-ECC UDIMM, is it possible later to:

1) Upgrade with additional UDIMMs myself? (I ask because Dell sometimes does not include the unfilled RAM slots on the motherboard).

2) Switch to ECC RAM?

[erik Community SuperMod]

welcome to the forum!

yes on #1.   all E30 systems ship with the full amount of slots.

#2 requires you purchase a xeon processor to use ECC memory.   it looks like the configurator currently allows one to purchase an i3-2120 with ECC memory and that CPU doesn't support it.   the site will need to be flagged for correction.

[ntd]

Thanks Erik.  So just to be sure, as long as we purchase an E30 with a Xeon, we can later switch from non-ECC to ECC memory?

[erik Community SuperMod · Accepted solution]

absolutely.   all of the xeon processors offered with the E30 support ECC memory.

here's a link to intel's site showing all of the E3 xeon flavors and specs for each.