Is it possible to install Win-7 on Dell 7820 Workstation ?

[dan99t]

Hi,

I want to buy a Refurbished Dell Precision 7820 Workstation & install Windows-7 on it to run some old software. Also I don’t like Win-11 due to it’s tiny fonts because I am running 12 x 24 inch monitors currently using Win-7 on another very old Dell 7500 Workstation which is about to crash anytime.

The shop that is trying to sell me the Refurbished 7820 workstation says they will install Win-7 on that M/C and let me test it before they ship it. So what should I look for when testing ?

The specs are :

Dell Precision 7820 Tower Workstation

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @200 GHz Processors

64GB DDR4 Memory

Nvidia Quadro P2000 GPU

New 500Gb SSD

4TB SATA 7.2k RPM HDD

I will replace Nvidia Quadro P2000 GPU with 2 X Nvidia Quadro P1000 GPU that I have to run 8 Monitors.

I do realize the security issues with very outdated Win-7 but I am going to use this M/C offline.

I want to run following software :

Office 2016

Adobe Acrobat Pro V.XI

Macrium Reflect Free V.8

Etc.

My question is, is it advisable to buy this M/C and would I run into any drivers issues ?

I would appreciate all your suggestions before I buy this M/C.

Thank You

 

[mikeymikec]

Dell lists Win7 drivers for that computer so I don't see why not. If nvidia lists Win7 drivers for that card then ditto my opinion.