Dell PowerEdge R740 Server 8B LFF 2.60Ghz 36-Core 384GB 109TB Storage + K80 GPU
Dell R740 · model page: price history, specs & configurations →
129% above estimated value · ~$2,769.04 estimated value
~129% above typical (35 sold) · 36-core / 384 GB
US · First seen 14 days ago · Checked 16 hours ago
100% · 7.4kSold Dell R740 prices ↓ 42% over the past ~4 mo.
Price historyDell R740 · 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 (1–638 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) · 24 sold
Median $819.06 · typical range $433.19–$1,437.01
Sold prices are the basis for the deal score. Asking prices typically run above what listings actually close at.
Installed Hardware
- CPU
- Xeon Gold 6240 (36 cores)
- RAM
- 384 GB / 3072 GB max
- Drive bays
- 8× LFF (accepts SFF)Backplane: SAS 12G/SATA
- Condition
- Refurbished
- GPU
- Installed
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) · estimatedPlatform-level figure. How we rate noise & power
- Idle power
- 120W · ~$126/yr · ~$378/3yr to run (idle @ ) · total cost to own →Estimated from platform specs (single-CPU).
- 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
GPU-ready host: fits an RTX A6000 (48GB), aux power
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Item specifics
From the seller's eBay listing, not verified by Hardwarehoard.
- Brand
- Dell
- Type
- Server
- Product Line
- PowerEdge
- Model
- PowerEdge R740
- Form Factor
- Rack Mountable
- RAM Size
- 384 GB
- Interface
- Ethernet (RJ-45), SFP, SAS
- Network Management Type
- Unmanaged
- Network Connectivity
- Wired-Ethernet (RJ-45)
- Network Type
- ATA over Ethernet
- Number of Processors
- 2
- RAID Levels
- 0, 1, 5, 6, 1+0, 5+0, 6+0
- Processor Manufacturer
- Intel
- Processor Type
- Xeon Gold 6240
- Memory Type
- DDR4 SDRAM
- Processor Speed
- 2.6 GHz
Fit Breakdown (Balanced lens)
Based on 35 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 $6,340.95, this listing is 129% above the typical sold price (~$2,769.04), and 215% above the typical asking price (~$2,010.98 across 672 live R740 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).
Part-out value ~$1,174.20 (resale of its 3+ parts, est.)
How we estimate the value (~$1,174.20 of parts)
| Chassis / base | $420.00 |
| CPU gold-6240 | $75.00 |
| RAM 384GB DDR4 | $499.20 |
| GPU nvidia-tesla-k80 | $180.00 |
| Estimated component value | $1,174.20 |
Summed from used-market component prices (19% of the $6,340.95 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part. Component prices as of mid-2026.