Best quiet servers under $500 (2026)

Filtered to the whisper and quiet noise tiers so it can share a room with you, then ranked by deal score. If a near-silent, low-idle box is the goal, start here rather than the loud rack bargains.

Top picks right now

Complete Dell PowerEdge T130 Server Intel Xeon E3-1240, PERC H330,16GB, 3X1TB HD
$169.95
good deal · est.
Dell T130
E3-1240 · 16 GB RAM · 3.0 TB · ~25W idle · whisper
Serwer HPE ML30 Gen9 Xeon E3-1220v6 16GB ECC 2x480GB SSD
$219.00
good deal · est.
HP ML30
E3-1220v6 · 4 cores · 16 GB RAM · 960 GB · ~35W idle · quiet
Dell PowerEdge T420 Tower Server Dual Intel Xeon 1.80GHz 800GB DDR3 RAID
$249.99
specs incomplete
Dell T420
800 GB RAM · ~60W idle · quiet
HP ProLiant ML350 Gen9
$185.00
specs incomplete
HP ML350 Gen9
~90W idle · quiet
Dell PowerEdge T130 3.00 GHz Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 16 GB DDR4 Server No
$219.99
good deal · est.
Dell T130
E3-1220 v5 · 4 cores · 16 GB RAM · ~25W idle · whisper
HP ML350-G9-8SFF Server HPE Proliant ML350 Gen 9 8x 2.5 835263-001 Gen9
$450.00
specs incomplete
HP ML350 Gen9
~90W idle · quiet
DELL PowerEdge T30 Tower Server PENTIUM G4400 3.30Ghz 8GB RAM 2TB HDD WIN 10
$242.51
specs incomplete
Dell T30
8 GB RAM · 2.0 TB · ~20W idle · whisper
DELL PowerEdge T30 Tower Server PENTIUM G4400 3.30Ghz 8GB RAM 2TB HDD WIN 10
$245.55
specs incomplete
Dell T30
8 GB RAM · 2.0 TB · ~20W idle · whisper
Dell Poweredge T330 Tower E3-1230 v5 3.4GHz | 16gb | 4x 1Tb HDD
$174.99
fair · est.
Dell T330
E3-1230 v5 · 4 cores · 16 GB RAM · 4.0 TB · ~55W idle · whisper
HP ProLiant ML30 G9 Tower Server G4400 3.30GHz CPU 8GB PC4 8x 2.5 SFF P440
$147.60
specs incomplete
HP ML30
8 GB RAM · ~35W idle · quiet
HP ProLiant ML30 G9 Tower Server G4400 3.30GHz CPU 8GB PC4 8x 2.5 SFF P440
$147.87
specs incomplete
HP ML30
8 GB RAM · ~35W idle · quiet
Dell Poweredge T330 Tower | E3-1230 v6 3.5GHz | 16gb | 4x 1TB SATA
$188.00
fair · est.
Dell T330
E3-1230 v6 · 4 cores · 16 GB RAM · 4.0 TB · ~55W idle · whisper

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