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DELL POWEREDGE R730 8SFF 2x 12 CORE E5-2690v3 2.6GHz 2x PSU H730P NO RAM HDD

Dell R730

$240.0033% below typicalTypically sells ~$357.28Free shipping (to US)

33% below typical · Typically sells ~$357.28

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

Fit 59Value 46
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🇺🇸 US · First seen 9 days ago

100% · 5.8k

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 11% 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× E5-2690v3 (24 cores)
Drive bays
8× 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 ≈ $260.80 (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
78
RAM
50
Storage
50
Deal:barebones · bare unit· Typically ~$357.2820

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 $240.00, this listing is 33% below the typical sold price (~$357.28), and 79% 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 (~$129.00 of parts)
Chassis / base$80.00
HBA dell-perc-h730p$49.00
Estimated component value$129.00

Summed from used-market component prices (54% of the $240.00 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.