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Dell Precision 5820 Tower

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Meet the Precision 5820 Tower

The black-and-silver exterior of the 5820 has a serious look, and the chassis' heft backs that up. You can carry the tower with the help of two handles up top, and situate it in a vertical or horizontal configuration.

A Close-Up of the Front Panel

The front panel has a honeycomb pattern for air intake.

Up to 24TB of Storage

The Precision 5820 fits up to six 2.5-inch or five 3.5-inch drives, plus M.2 SSDs. Four of the 3.5-inch drive bays are accessible via swappable caddies after removing the right front panel.

Rear Ports

The ports on the motherboard's panel include six Type-A USB 3.0 ports, onboard Ethernet, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, a serial port, and microphone line-in (blue) and audio line-out (green) ports.

Easy Internal Access

Tool-less access to the interior is courtesy of a switch on the left side panel. The internal components are neatly laid out, as is the wiring.

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