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Dell R730 8B LFF 2x 2.60GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 128GB RAM 4x 1TB HDD

Dell R730

$983.6015% above typicalTypically sells ~$854.14Free shipping (to US)

15% above typical · Typically sells ~$854.14

~15% above typical (25 sold) · 16-core / 128 GB

Fit 54Value 21
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🇺🇸 US · First seen 10 days ago

100% · 90k

Sold Dell R730 prices ↓ 14% over the past ~3 mo.

Comparable sold · 17 sales · last 90 days

Median $217.02 · range $180.13–$456.70

This listing is 353% 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

CPU
2× E5-2640 v3 (16 cores)
RAM
128 GB / 1536 GB max
Drive bays
8× LFF (accepts SFF)
Backplane: SAS 12G/SATA
Installed drives
4× 1TB HDD SATA
Condition
Refurbished

Upgrade Headroom

RAM86100128 GB → up to 1,536 GB · 24 DIMM slots
Drivesuses 4 of 8 drive bays
CPU2 of 2 CPU sockets populated

Platform: Dell R730 (G13)

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)
Idle power
100W · ~$105/yr · ~$315/3yr to run (idle @ )
Fan control
good
PCIe
Gen 3 · 7 slots · 80 lanes
AVX-512
No
IOMMU default
Disabled (must enable for passthrough)
Management
iDRAC 8
Max PSU
1100W
Released
2014

Fit Breakdown (Balanced lens)

Cores
63
RAM
86
Storage
12
Deal:+15% · 25 sold· Typically ~$854.1420

Based on 25 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 $983.60, this listing is 15% above the typical sold price (~$854.14), and 13% below the typical asking price (~$1,127.48 across 406 live R730 listings). Sold = what it's worth; asking = what sellers want now (usually higher).

Part-out value ~$308.40 (resale of its 3+ parts, est.)

How we estimate the value (~$308.40 of parts)
Chassis / base$80.00
CPU ×2 e5-2640v3$18.00
RAM 128GB DDR4$166.40
Drives 4× 1TB HDD$44.00
Estimated component value$308.40

Summed from used-market component prices (31% of the $983.60 asking price). A rough build-up, not the whole-unit sold price; (est.) marks an inferred part.