Condition: Refurbished ✓ Pulled from working servers & Tested. ✓ 1-year Parts Warranty.

Warranty | Return Policy

Dell PowerEdge R730


The Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U dual-socket rack server built on Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 and v4 processors with up to 22 cores per CPU. It offers 24 DDR4 DIMM slots (up to 3TB), up to 7 PCIe 3.0 slots, support for up to two GPU accelerators, and flexible storage with up to 16x 2.5" or 8x 3.5" hot-plug drives. The predecessor to the R740, it remains a reliable, budget-friendly refurbished platform for virtualization, databases and VDI. Fully configurable.

Looking to compare generations? Move up to the Dell PowerEdge R740, Dell PowerEdge R750 or latest Dell PowerEdge R770.

Thanks for the request. We'll get back to you with in 24 hours.

  • Form Factor: 2U Rack
  • Processors: Up to 2x Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4
  • Memory: 24x DDR4 DIMM slots, up to 3TB
  • Memory Speed: Up to 2400 MT/s
  • Storage: Up to 16x 2.5" or 8x 3.5" hot-plug
  • Expansion: Up to 7x PCIe 3.0 slots
  • GPU Support: Up to 2x 300W double-width
  • Networking: rNDC, up to 4x 10GbE
  • Management: iDRAC8
  • Cooling: 6x redundant hot-plug fans
  • Power: Redundant PSUs, 495W to 1100W

Thanks for the request. We'll get back to you with in 24 hours.

Customize & Get Pricing

Configure your Dell PowerEdge R730 with the exact specs you need

Configure This Server

Dell PowerEdge R730 vs R740: Specs & Key Differences

Feature PowerEdge R730 PowerEdge R740
Processors Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 (up to 22 cores) 1st or 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (up to 28 cores)
Memory 24x DDR4 DIMM slots, up to 3TB
Up to 2400 MT/s
24x DDR4 DIMM slots, up to 3TB
Up to 2933 MT/s
PCIe Up to 7x PCIe 3.0 slots Up to 8x PCIe Gen3 slots
GPU Support Up to 2x 300W DW or 4x 150W SW Up to 3x 300W DW or 6x 150W SW
Storage Up to 16x 2.5" or 8x 3.5" Up to 16x 2.5" or 8x 3.5"
Networking rNDC rNDC
Management iDRAC8 iDRAC9
Form Factor 2U Rack 2U Rack

Frequently Asked Questions

We custom-configure the R730 with 8 x 3.5-inch, 8 x 2.5-inch or 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-plug drives (HDD or SSD), with an optional Internal Dual SD Module for mirrored hypervisor boot. The R730 does not support NVMe drives. Please specify your capacity and performance requirements when submitting your quote configuration.

The R730 runs Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 processors with up to 22 cores, 24 DDR4 DIMM slots at up to 2400 MT/s, up to 7 PCIe 3.0 slots and iDRAC8. The R740 moves to 1st or 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable with up to 28 cores, memory at up to 2933 MT/s, up to 8 PCIe Gen3 slots and iDRAC9, while the R730 remains a budget-friendly choice for proven workloads.

The R730 has 24 DDR4 DIMM slots supporting RDIMMs and LRDIMMs at up to 2400 MT/s. It holds up to 3TB with 128GB LRDIMMs in a dual-processor configuration, or up to 768GB with RDIMMs.

The R730 supports up to two double-width 300W GPUs or four single-width 150W accelerators for compute workloads. GPU configurations require two processors, redundant 1100W power supplies and the GPU enablement kit.

It supports dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 processors (up to 22 cores each with v4), 24 DDR4 DIMM slots (up to 3TB RAM) and up to 7 PCIe 3.0 expansion slots in a 2U chassis.