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Dell PowerEdge R730 2x E5-2690 Xeon v3 8x 3.5" Bay 2x 1100W No RAM, No Drives

Dell R730

$356.2461% above typicalTypically sells ~$221.57

61% above typical · Typically sells ~$221.57

Bare unit: the price reflects an empty chassis (no CPU/RAM)

Fit 54Value 35
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🇺🇸 US · First seen 10 days ago

100% · 58k

Sold Dell R730 prices ↓ 14% over the past ~3 mo.

Comparable sold · 17 sales · last 90 days

Median $217.02 · range $180.13–$456.70

This listing is 64% above the median sold.

Sold prices are the basis for the deal score. Asking prices typically run above what listings actually close at.

Installed Hardware

CPU
2× E5-2690 (16 cores)
Drive bays
8× LFF (accepts SFF)
Backplane: SAS 12G/SATA
Condition
Used

Needs ~$20.80 more to run

This listing is missing parts to be a bootable server. Estimated cost to add: 16 GB RAM ~$20.80.

All-in ≈ $377.04 (listing + parts). Estimate for a minimal config (1 CPU · 16 GB RAM · boot SSD) priced from typical used-market component costs, verify against this exact unit.

Upgrade Headroom

Drives8 drive bays
CPU2 of 2 CPU sockets populated

Platform: Dell R730 (G13)

Form factor
2U rack
CPU socket
LGA2011-3 × 2
RAM max
1536 GB DDR4 · RDIMM, LRDIMM
DIMM slots
24 (RDIMM, LRDIMM)
Noise tier
3/5, Moderate (45–55 dB)
Idle power
100W · ~$105/yr · ~$315/3yr to run (idle @ )
Fan control
good
PCIe
Gen 3 · 7 slots · 80 lanes
AVX-512
No
IOMMU default
Disabled (must enable for passthrough)
Management
iDRAC 8
Max PSU
1100W
Released
2014

Fit Breakdown (Balanced lens)

Cores
63
RAM
50
Storage
50
Deal:barebones · bare unit· Typically ~$221.5720

Fit = suits your use case · Value = fit per dollar · Deal = price vs typical market.

Outlook · Vintage, Cheap but aging. Verify firmware, OS support, and running cost before buying.

Price context

At $356.24, this listing is 61% above the typical sold price (~$221.57), and 68% below the typical asking price (~$1,127.48 across 406 live R730 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).

How we estimate the value (~$80.00 of parts)
Chassis / base$80.00
Estimated component value$80.00

Summed from used-market component prices (22% of the $356.24 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.