Dell bills its Precision 3630 Tower workstation as having unmatched performance and affordability in a space-saving design. These claims are true. This professional workstation appears to be a squat package mainly because of its diminutive height, although it's as wide as other workstations, but also because it consumes relatively little space from front to back.
It is, by far, the smallest desktop workstation of all of those we've tested, but that doesn't seem to impact its performance. Like other prof
But as you'd expect from a workstation where one of the primary selling points is its compact design, there are compromises. For example, there are built-in drive bays ready to accept standard 3.5-inch drives, but only two. Likewise, the number of no-tool components is fewer than with some other workstations, although it appears that the most commonly accessed items are still easy to reach and replace.
And as you'd expect, there's less space inside the case of this workstation than you'd find inside of a computer that isn't so focused on being small. This shouldn't be a surprise, and for many (perhaps most) users it may not matter. Most buyers of these workstations put them into service and never change a thing after that.
Can Be Configured With a Range of Options
On the other hand, Dell has designed the Precision 3630 so that it can be configured with a very wide range of components in an equally wide range of configurations. You can choose processors ranging from an Intel Core i3 to Core i7-8700K and on to a Xeon E-2186G, for example. You can choose memory from 4GB up to 64GB.