What's a used Dell PowerEdge R520 worth?
A used Dell PowerEdge R520 typically sells for about $205.91, while active listings ask a median of $132.47.
Daily price index · sold and asking medians
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- Sold median
- $205.91
- 1 sold/30d
- Asking median
- $132.47
- 4 active
- History
- 1 pts
- 2026-07-09
- Generation
- G12
Idle power & noise
- Idle power (1 CPU)
- ~90 W
- ~$95/yr at 24/7
- Annual power cost
- ~$95
- 24/7 at ~12¢/kWh
- Noise tier
- 3/5
- moderate (a dedicated room)
A used Dell PowerEdge R520 draws about ~90W at idle with a single CPU, roughly $95 a year running 24/7 at ~12¢/kWh (more with extra CPUs, drives, and load). It sits in noise tier 3/5 (moderate (a dedicated room)). These are informed estimates for a typical single-CPU config, not measured readings. See all quiet & low-power servers for the full noise/power table and community-measured figures.
Specifications
- CPU socket
- LGA1356 ×2
- Max CPU TDP
- 95W
- Single-CPU boot
- Supported
- Max RAM
- 96 GB DDR3 ECC · 6 slots · 1600 MHz
- PCIe
- 3 slots · Gen 3
- GPU-capable
- 1× full-length · no aux power
- PSU (max)
- 750W · 80+ Gold · dual-capable
- Idle power
- ~90W
- Noise tier
- 3/5
- Remote mgmt
- iDRAC 7
- Released
- 2012
Configurations / variants
- 8x LFF8× 3.5"base CPU: e5-2420
- 8x SFF8× 2.5"base CPU: e5-2420
Platform specs for the Dell PowerEdge R520; configurations reflect the drive-bay layouts we track.