Hi guys, I have a Dell Precision 5820 Tower (will include detailed specs below) which I initially bought to do 3D rendering, animation, and graphic work with software like Unreal Engine, CLO 3D, Blender, 3D Max, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator.

However, just like some others I read on Reddit who also are facing the same issue as me, it is frustrating when the startup takes a long time, even opening an app like Spotify takes forever if I am lucky and at times, just won’t open up. Other basic tasks like replying to emails, or transferring files take 4ever as well. My taskbar hung on me several times, I have reached out to Dell’s support and reinstalled my entire system. It did solve the issue but all the other issues like slow reaction time when I open an app still exist.

I am considering selling this away and purchasing an Alienware PC (which I know some great 3D designers own and work well for them). HOWEVER, I am aware that my 5820 Tower has some pretty good specs. So I am willing to learn how to put in/exchange some spare parts in my 5820 Tower if it will help with all these slow and laggy issues I am facing. Or if there is no hope at all, I will sell and get another PC. (I am honestly not a PC expert, I just know the basics like what processor, RAM…)

Thanks everybodehhh in advance!

This is my current Dell Precision 5820 Tower specs: (I didn’t even realise the Dell sales guy did not include the Wifi/Bluetooth reader until my PC arrived.)

1 Intel Xeon Processor W-2265 (12C 3.5GHz 4.8GHz Turbo HT 19.25MB 165W DDR4-2933)

1 Intel Integrated controller (RST-e) with 1-2 Front FlexBay NVMe PCIe Drives

1 Precision 5820 Tower 950W PCIe FlexBay Chassis CL

1 Slim ODD bezel, 100% tie with slim ODD

1 64GB 4X16GB DDR4 3200MHZ RDIMM ECC memory

1 Dell M.2 carrier

4 No Hard Drive

1 3.5" 1TB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive

1 M.2 1TB PCIe NVMe Class 40 Solid State Drive

1 CPU Heatsink 5820 Tower

1 8x DVD-ROM 9.5mm Optical Disk Drive

1 System Power Cord (China)

1 Regulatory Label, Dell Precision T5820 CCC2,950W

1 Nvidia RTX A4000, 16GB, 4DP (Precision 7920T, 7820, 5820)

2 No Driver

1 No Additional Network Card Selected (Integrated NIC included)

1 Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black

1 Dell Wired Keyboard KB216 Black

1 Dell Developed Recovery Environment

1 SupportAssist

1 No SATA RAID

Just an FYI, I have a Dell Precision 3650 Tower at work and that works absolutely perfectly fine. The only flaw is that when I start rendering or working with heavy textured products, it starts lagging, and render time is slow. So I need something more powerful than that.

Thanks again, would appreciate all of your great views/suggestions on this!