Dell Precision Tower 3630 2018, Core i5-8500, 16GB, 1TB SSD, GTX 1660 SUPER, Black
CPU Intel Pentium 8500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1 TB
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Form Factor mid-tower
OS Windows 11 Pro
56 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong gpu (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average cpu (26th percentile)
- Below average ram (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Pentium 8500 |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
| Weight | 13.6 kg / 30.0 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 10 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 1x DisplayPort |
| Wi-Fi | ✓ |
| Ethernet | 1x Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Precision Tower 3630 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | HP OMEN TPC-W062-MT | ASUS ROG GM700 | CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium 8500 | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Intel Core i9 14900KF |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 96 | 32 | 64 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 4096 | 2048 | 2048 | 8192 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | sff | mid-tower | tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | - | 850 | - | 850 | 850 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Precision Tower 3630 | 25.9 | 69.9 | 31.6 | 90.6 | 53.6 | 70 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76.1 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.5 | 93.2 | 78 | 88.5 | 98.1 | 70 |
| HP OMEN TPC-W062-MT Compare | 98.1 | 97.8 | 93.9 | 99.3 | 90.1 | 70 |
| ASUS ROG GM700 Compare | 80.6 | 93.2 | 81.8 | 96.2 | 90.1 | 37.3 |
| CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare | 94.9 | 89.3 | 96.5 | 84.4 | 99.2 | 11.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall56
- AI/LLM26.1
- Gaming57.9
- Portability21.7
- Creator49.6
- Business52.3
- Developer46.2
- Home Office51.6
- Workstation45.7
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