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January 6th, 2025 07:49
Can I even upgrade my cpu? G5 5000
Dell G5 5000
Oh I just love how the one thing this awful prebuild allows you to upgrade is also somehow restricted/ruined by Dell. Why did they even put 4 slots of RAM on this motherboard seems like a waste. I upgraded my ram. I have 64gb 3200mhz ram that is clocked at 2133 instead of 2933. (oh I bet that's the millionth time you heard that on here since 2020) You would think somehow someway I would be able to get that up to 2933 but not with a Dell G5 5000. Not no way not no how and no I'm not mix matching the oem ram like some kind of Dell shill and you for even thinking about trying to solve something like that. Anywho
I've been considering upgrading my cpu for some time now but always land on how it really isn't worth it much to go from a 10700f to the max this build this machine will allow which is 10900kf. However I recently saw it seems as tho it's my cpu being an f that is preventing me from reaching the 2933 speed with any ram not dell oem? So hey maybe it would be worth finally doing it because k cpu's allow for xmp bios settings? Or have some sort of ram speed settings? So if I switch the cpu will that bios setting change? Or is it really a mobo issue. Like everything else. Can I upgrade the cpu or finally sell the perfectly good ram and look for 4 16gb pre owned garbage sticks of DELL out of other peoples used rigs.
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January 6th, 2025 15:15
You can buy new Dell oem ram on eBay or Amazon at a reasonable price using the memory maker model number if only oem can guarantee 2933. Main draw back of Dell oem is exorbitant price when you buy directly from Dell. True that oem ram not fancy looking with no heatspreader or RGB but if it does the job of 2933 that is most important at the end of day.
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January 6th, 2025 15:20
A few users uploaded 10700f 64GB and majority are at 2133 but one user successfully run at 3200
check this out
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/56880335
only one sample
16ATF2G64AZ-3G2J1 859B0000802C CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FE 859B0000802C CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FB 859B0000802C CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FB 64GB
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January 8th, 2025 01:56
The "f" in the CPU number means it doesn't support onboard Intel Graphics. Since there aren't any onboard Intel Graphics ports on back panel of the G5 5000, an "f" CPU is totally sufficient. And keep in mind an i9 CPU is 125W while anything lower is only 65W. So upgrading to an i9 may mean more heat, which may requires a better CPU heat sink and/or bigger fans.
The "f" CPU has no impact at all on RAM speed. And there are no RAM XMP options in BIOS setup. What's the config of your 32 GB of RAM? Are you mixing Dell OEM RAM with new non-Dell RAM? Even if your RAM seems match the specs, that doesn't mean the PC will run it 2933 MHz.
What slots are the modules installed in? If you have just 2 matched modules, they should be in 2nd (DIMM1) and 4th (DIMM2) slot from CPU. If you have 4 modules, the modules in each matched pair should be installed in slots with matching color retention clips.
Do you have the latest versions of BIOS, Intel Chipset, and Intel Management Engine installed?