CISCO UCSC-C240-M5SX UCS C240 M5SX CTO CHASSIS
Cisco C240 M5
86% above typical · Typically sells ~$484.50
Bare unit: the price reflects an empty chassis (no CPU/RAM)
🇺🇸 US · First seen 21 days ago
99% · 1.4kComparable sold · 9 sales · last 90 days
Median $1,067.93 · range $289.37–$1,299.51
This listing is 16% 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
Barebones, ships without CPU, RAM, or drives.
- Condition
- Open box
Needs ~$50.80 more to run
This listing is missing parts to be a bootable server. Estimated cost to add: 1 CPU ~$30.00 · 16 GB RAM ~$20.80.
All-in ≈ $950.80 (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
Platform: Cisco C240 M5 (M5)
- 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 · 6 slots · 96 lanes
- AVX-512
- Yes
- IOMMU default
- Disabled (must enable for passthrough)
- Management
- CIMC
- Max PSU
- 1200W
- 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 $900.00, this listing is 86% above the typical sold price (~$484.50), and 12% below the typical asking price (~$1,028.26 across 109 live C240 M5 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).