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Dell PowerEdge R740 8B SFF Server 40-Cores 2X Gold 6148 768GB RAM H730p 6X 512GB

Dell R740

$5,121.4530% below typicalTypically sells ~$7,300.36Free shipping (to US)

30% below typical · Typically sells ~$7,300.36

~30% below typical sold (29 sold) · 40-core / 768 GB

Fit 81Value 14
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🇺🇸 US · First seen 9 hours ago

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Price historyDell R740 · sold & asking medians from the daily index

Jun 3: $418.51 (9 askings)Jun 6: $2,093.95 (210 askings)Jun 7: $2,067.71 (207 askings)Jun 8: $2,062.97 (206 askings)Jun 9: $2,203.29 (188 askings)Jun 10: $2,209.55 (184 askings)Jun 11: $2,199.00 (293 askings)Jun 12: $2,199.00 (293 askings)Jun 13: $2,199.00 (293 askings)Jun 14: $2,186.00 (290 askings)Jun 15: $2,186.00 (290 askings)Jun 16: $2,037.47 (322 askings)Jun 17: $2,078.95 (314 askings)Jun 18: $2,078.95 (310 askings)Jun 19: $2,121.95 (351 askings)Sep 30: $6,340.66 (1 sold comp)Oct 7: $7,057.71 (1 sold comp)Nov 4: $4,995.18 (1 sold comp)Jan 6: $4,286.19 (1 sold comp)Apr 13: $5,680.00 (1 sold comp)Oct 23: $1,409.92 (1 sold comp)May 20: $1,304.83 (1 sold comp)Aug 26: $3,184.96 (1 sold comp)Oct 14: $3,277.75 (1 sold comp)Dec 30: $3,231.36 (1 sold comp)Feb 24: $1,449.81 (1 sold comp)Aug 4: $3,219.76 (1 sold comp)Oct 13: $1,587.40 (1 sold comp)Feb 2: $1,432.41 (1 sold comp)Feb 23: $1,099.08 (2 sold comps)Mar 9: $1,148.24 (2 sold comps)Mar 23: $1,659.69 (5 sold comps)Mar 30: $724.60 (3 sold comps)Apr 20: $1,899.28 (5 sold comps)May 4: $734.59 (7 sold comps)May 11: $1,139.89 (1 sold comp)May 18: $202.42 (2 sold comps)Jun 3: $714.40 (10 sold comps)Jun 6: $734.59 (7 sold comps)Jun 7: $734.59 (5 sold comps)Jun 8: $734.59 (5 sold comps)Jun 9: $749.88 (4 sold comps)Jun 10: $359.86 (3 sold comps)Jun 11: $749.88 (2 sold comps)Jun 12: $749.88 (2 sold comps)Jun 13: $749.88 (2 sold comps)Jun 14: $749.88 (2 sold comps)Jun 15: $749.88 (2 sold comps)Jun 16: $749.88 (2 sold comps)Jun 17: $359.86 (1 sold comp)Jun 18: $359.86 (1 sold comp)Jun 19: $359.86 (1 sold comp)
2019-09-30$202.42–$7,057.71 · sold median2026-06-19

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Full price history, specs & configurations

Comparable sold · 23 sales · last 90 days

Median $1,139.89 · range $536.79–$2,199.16

This listing is 349% 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× Gold 6148 (40 cores)
RAM
768 GB / 3072 GB max
Drive bays
8× SFF (8 NVMe-capable)
Backplane: SAS 12G/SATA
Condition
Used

Upgrade Headroom

RAM100100768 GB → up to 3,072 GB · 24 DIMM slots
Drives8 drive bays
CPU2 of 2 CPU sockets populated

Platform: Dell R740 (G14)

Form factor
2U rack
CPU socket
LGA3647 × 2
RAM max
3072 GB DDR4 · RDIMM, LRDIMM
DIMM slots
24 (RDIMM, LRDIMM)
Noise tier
3/5, Moderate (45–55 dB)
Idle power
120W · ~$126/yr · ~$378/3yr to run (idle @ )
Fan control
good
PCIe
Gen 3 · 8 slots · 96 lanes
AVX-512
Yes
IOMMU default
Disabled (must enable for passthrough)
Management
iDRAC 9
Max PSU
2400W
Released
2017

Fit Breakdown (Balanced lens)

Cores
92
RAM
100
Storage
50
Deal:-30% · 29 sold· Typically ~$7,300.3680

Based on 29 recent sold listings of this exact model.

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

Outlook · Late life, Near the price floor. Weigh idle power draw and parts availability.

Price context

At $5,121.45, this listing is 30% below the typical sold price (~$7,300.36), and 156% above the typical asking price (~$1,999.00 across 235 live R740 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).

Part-out value ~$4,809.40 (resale of its 3+ parts, est.)

How we estimate the value (~$4,809.40 of parts)
Chassis / base$450.00
CPU ×2 gold-6148$240.00
RAM 768GB DDR4$4,070.40
HBA dell-perc-h730p$49.00
Estimated component value$4,809.40

Summed from used-market component prices (94% of the $5,121.45 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.