HOw to know if i can upgrade ram.

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Artiom916

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So i recently got some ram cards,and my pc has open slots for them.The pc is already at 12gb ram and i want to know if i can add more to it.The complete specs for my pc are here.
Here is dxdiag.
 

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The pictures are too small to see. What is your MotherBoard model and what version of Windows are you using (32-bit or 64-bit)?
 
Check your motherboard manual, or look online on the manufacturers site to see what your motherboard can max out at.
 
Looks like it will handle up to 48GB. But the question is...do you use even close to the 12GB you have installed now?
 
imsati said:
Looks like it will handle up to 48GB. But the question is...do you use even close to the 12GB you have installed now?
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My computer sounds like a jet when playing league of legends or counterstrike idk what to upgrade to stop that from happening,it has 2 Intel Xeon proccesors ones 2.39ghz other is 2.4ghz please help.
 
That's not a RAM issue, it's a cooling issue. What model Dell do you have? I'd look to either clean the dust from the heat sink fan, or add more cooling fans. Though, with a pre-built system, your fan options may be limited.
 
imsati said:
That's not a RAM issue, it's a cooling issue. What model Dell do you have? I'd look to either clean the dust from the heat sink fan, or add more cooling fans. Though, with a pre-built system, your fan options may be limited.
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I have a dell presicion t5500 workstation,and i cleaned out the dust about a week ago. How do i know if i can add more fans.
 
Artiom916 said:
I have a dell presicion t5500 workstation... How do i know if i can add more fans.
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Short answer: you don't.

I just looked up a picture of the interior and, as suspected, it's packed and there is little (if none, which is more likely) room to add additional cooling. Many pre-builts are like this. Your options are to clean the fans again, remove the HSF and re-apply thermal compound, or give more airflow to the area surrounding the case. However, even the most bang-for-the-buck in this case (using fresh thermal compound) will probably only yield small results, perhaps not even noticeable. It doesn't look like there is even a fan on the CPU heatsink (again, common for certain pre-builts).

You could transplant it into a new case - plenty of room for more fans and a quality CPU heatsink with a fan then.
 
The problem transplanting into a new case probably won't work as I think the precision series is BTX not ATX.
 
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