Dell Poweredge R740 16x 2.5(SFF) NO RAM 2xGold 5118 2.3GHZ=24Cores 3x HD TRAY H7
Dell R740
69% below typical · Typically sells ~$1,355.95
Bare unit: the price reflects an empty chassis (no CPU/RAM)
🇺🇸 US · First seen 21 days ago
100% · 5.6kComparable sold · 19 sales · last 90 days
Median $1,256.85 · range $651.68–$2,539.04
This listing is 67% below 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 5118 (24 cores)
- Drive bays
- 16× SFF (16 NVMe-capable)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 ≈ $439.31 (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: 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)
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 $418.51, this listing is 69% below the typical sold price (~$1,355.95), and 80% below the typical asking price (~$2,109.95 across 314 live R740 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).
How we estimate the value (~$500.00 of parts)
| Chassis / base | $500.00 |
| Estimated component value | $500.00 |
Summed from used-market component prices (119% of the $418.51 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.