HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U 8x2.5", 2x Xeon E5-2643 v3, 32GB DDR4, P440ar
HP DL380 Gen9 · model page: price history, specs & configurations →
68% below estimated value · ~$675.19 estimated value
~68% below typical sold (65 sold) · 12-core / 32 GB
CACA · First seen 13 hours ago · Checked 13 hours ago
100% · 61kDual 12-core E5-2643 v3 and 32GB DDR4 on a 2U form factor typical for this model sells around $434. At $136, that is a 69% discount. Seller states tested and working with management interfaces reset. Suitable for a virtualization or dense compute lab on a tight budget.
Good for: Homelabbers building a Proxmox or ESXi cluster on a budget, or a dense compute node for labs. Rack owners only; loud, power-hungry, and requires external storage.
Check: No HDDs, drive trays, or blanks included. No power cable. Verify the unit posts and boots before finalizing. Confirm RAM and CPU are actually populated and match the title. The 69% discount is significant; inspect photos closely for physical damage or signs of heavy use.
Automated review from our daily deals run. Verify the listing before buying.
Sold HP DL380 Gen9 prices ↓ 13% over the past ~5 mo.
Price historyHP DL380 Gen9 · 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 (1–742 per point). Hover or tap anywhere for the exact value.
Comparable sold · last 90 days
Too few sold listings match this exact config, so the deal score above prices in this CPU and RAM directly.
All configs (barebones to loaded) · 42 sold
Median $212.16 · typical range $145.88–$332.22
Sold prices are the basis for the deal score. Asking prices typically run above what listings actually close at.
Installed Hardware
- CPU
- 2× E5-2643 v3 (12 cores)
- RAM
- 32 GB / 1536 GB max
- Drive bays
- 8× SFFBackplane: SAS 12G/SATA
- Condition
- Used
Upgrade Headroom
Platform: HP DL380 Gen9 (Gen9)
- 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) · estimatedPlatform-level figure. How we rate noise & power
- Idle power
- 100W · ~$105/yr · ~$315/3yr to run (idle @ ) · total cost to own →Estimated from platform specs (single-CPU); this unit has 2 CPUs, so real idle draw runs higher.
- Fan control
- good
- PCIe
- Gen 3 · 8 slots · 80 lanes
- AVX-512
- No
- IOMMU default
- Disabled (must enable for passthrough)
- Management
- iLO 4
- Max PSU
- 1500W
- Released
- 2014
GPU-ready host: fits an RTX 3090 (24GB), aux power
Confirmed by 3 full-height PCIe slots + 1500W 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)
Based on 65 recent sold listings of this exact model.
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 $136.43, this listing is 80% below the typical sold price (~$675.19), and 79% below the typical asking price (~$663.28 across 887 live DL380 Gen9 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).
⚠ Priced well below what this model typically sells for. Before buying, verify the condition and photos match the description, and keep payment on eBay (purchase protection doesn't cover off-platform payment).
Part-out value ~$541.60 (resale of its 2+ parts, est.)
How we estimate the value (~$541.60 of parts)
| Chassis / base | $450.00 |
| CPU ×2 e5-2643v3 | $50.00 |
| RAM 32GB DDR4 | $41.60 |
| Estimated component value | $541.60 |
Summed from used-market component prices (397% of the $136.43 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.