Cisco UCSC-C240-M3S UCS C240 M3S CTO BASE
Cisco C240 M3 · model page: price history, specs & configurations →
Estimated value only (bare unit, not comparable) · ~$90.00 estimated value
Bare unit: the price reflects an empty chassis (no CPU/RAM)
US · First seen 20 hours ago · Checked 4 hours ago
100% · 8.8kPrice historyCisco C240 M3 · sold & asking medians from the daily index
Each point is a day's median across the listings we saw that day; the y-axis is price, the x-axis is time. Bigger dots = more listings behind that day (1–21 per point). Hover or tap anywhere for the exact value.
Lower confidence: this is an older platform (2012) with few recent sales (1 in 90 days), so its typical price is a rougher guide than for high-volume models.
Installed Hardware
Barebones, ships without CPU, RAM, or drives.
- Condition
- Used
Needs ~$18.50 more to run
This listing is missing parts to be a bootable server. Estimated cost to add: 1 CPU ~$2.50 · 16 GB RAM ~$16.00.
All-in ≈ $88.49 (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
Platform: Cisco C240 M3 (M3)
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- CPU socket
- LGA2011 × 2
- RAM max
- 768 GB DDR3 · RDIMM, LRDIMM
- DIMM slots
- 24 (RDIMM, LRDIMM)
- Noise tier
- 4/5, Loud (55–65 dB) · estimatedPlatform-level figure. How we rate noise & power
- Idle power
- 110W · ~$116/yr · ~$347/3yr to run (idle @ ) · total cost to own →Estimated from platform specs (single-CPU).
- Fan control
- fair
- PCIe
- Gen 3 · 6 slots · 80 lanes
- AVX-512
- No
- IOMMU default
- Disabled (must enable for passthrough)
- Management
- CIMC
- Max PSU
- 1200W
- Released
- 2012
GPU-ready host: fits an RTX 3090 (24GB), aux power
Confirmed by 3 full-height PCIe slots + 1200W PSU + PCIe aux power. Also fits Tesla P4, RTX A2000 12GB, RTX A4000, Tesla P40, Tesla M40 24GB, Tesla P100 16GB, RTX 3060 12GB. Compare GPU hosts →
Fit Breakdown (Balanced lens)
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 $69.99, this listing is 22% below the typical sold price (~$90.00), and 56% below the typical asking price (~$159.97 across 14 live C240 M3 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).
How we estimate the value (~$90.00 of parts)
| Chassis / base | $90.00 |
| Estimated component value | $90.00 |
Summed from used-market component prices (129% of the $69.99 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.