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Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Server 8X2.5"/H730/2X750W PSU/CTO

Dell R640

$756.008% below typicalTypically sells ~$822.08+ $29.90 shipping (to US)

8% below typical · Typically sells ~$822.08

Bare unit: the price reflects an empty chassis (no CPU/RAM)

Fit 50Value 22
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🇨🇳 CN · First seen 9 days ago

100% · 3.7k

Sold Dell R640 prices ↓ 16% over the past ~3 mo.

Comparable sold · 44 sales · last 90 days

Median $601.95 · range $301.11–$1,148.76

This listing is 26% 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

Barebones, ships without CPU, RAM, or drives.

Drive bays
8× SFF (8 NVMe-capable)
Backplane: SAS 12G/SATA
Condition
Used

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 ≈ $806.80 (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

Drives8 drive bays
CPU2-socket platform

Platform: Dell R640 (G14)

Form factor
1U 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
90W · ~$95/yr · ~$284/3yr to run (idle @ )
Fan control
good
PCIe
Gen 3 · 3 slots · 96 lanes
AVX-512
Yes
IOMMU default
Disabled (must enable for passthrough)
Management
iDRAC 9
Max PSU
1600W
Released
2017

Fit Breakdown (Balanced lens)

Cores
50
RAM
50
Storage
50
Deal:barebones · bare unit· Typically ~$822.0820

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 $756.00, this listing is 8% below the typical sold price (~$822.08), and 59% below the typical asking price (~$1,825.73 across 1186 live R640 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).

How we estimate the value (~$488.00 of parts)
Chassis / base$450.00
HBA dell-perc-h730$38.00
Estimated component value$488.00

Summed from used-market component prices (65% of the $756.00 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.