Dell PowerEdge R730 compatible parts: CPUs, RAM, drives, batteries, PSUs

CPU sockets: 2 × LGA2011-3
CPUs: Xeon E5-2600 v3 and v4
Memory: DDR4 RDIMM or LRDIMM, up to 2400 MT/s
Memory slots: 24 (12 per CPU)
Max memory: 1.5 TB (24 × 64 GB LRDIMM)
Drive bays: 8 × 3.5in or 16 × 2.5in
RAID / HBA: PERC H330, H730, H730P Mini or HBA330
Power supplies: 495W, 750W or 1100W hot-swap
Management: iDRAC8
CMOS battery: CR2032 coin cell
The 2U rack server itself: from $201 on eBay (76 listings)

Dell PowerEdge R730 CPUs

Item	Fits because	Lowest now	$/core	Typical	7-day	Listings
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$6.15	$0.77	$16.09	▲ 7.3%	100
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$6.88	$0.86	$16.11	0%	74
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$6.95	$0.70	$19.99	▲ 25.1%	50
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$7.50	$1.25	$19.95	▲ 2.3%	91
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$7.99	$0.80	$21.12	▲ 5.9%	55
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$7.99	$0.80	$19.99	0%	54
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$8.49	$0.71	$25.02	▲ 4.4%	74
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$8.99	$0.75	$21.90	▲ 4.8%	61
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$8.99	$0.75	$21.50	▲ 12.0%	59
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$9.99	$0.71	$23.28	▼ 3.0%	52
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$11.99	$0.86	$27.29	0%	30
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$12.65	$2.11	$29.00	▲ 13.5%	39
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$13.95	$1.00	$28.35	0%	61
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$13.95	$0.87	$31.16	0%	52
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 deal	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$14.95	$0.83	$31.99	▼ 5.8%	47
Xeon E5-2690 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$15.49	$1.11	$34.23	▼ 0.7%	74
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 deal	E5-2600 v3, LGA2011-3	$15.99	$0.89	$42.48	▼ 2.1%	49
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$19.99	$1.11	$43.31	▲ 4.1%	50
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$19.99	$2.50	$36.99	▼ 2.7%	57
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$23.00	$1.44	$51.83	0%	28
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$38.99	$1.95	$63.37	0%	31
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4	E5-2600 v4, LGA2011-3: update the BIOS first	$77.90	$3.54	$199	▲ 43.0%	41

Dell PowerEdge R730 memory

Item	Fits because	Lowest now	$/GB	Typical	7-day	Listings
DDR4 16GB RDIMM 2400 ECC	DDR4 registered ECC; faster modules run at the board's top speed	$63.39	$3.96	$121	0%	116
DDR4 32GB RDIMM 3200 ECC deal	DDR4 registered ECC; faster modules run at the board's top speed	$149	$4.66	$369	▼ 2.3%	120
DDR4 64GB RDIMM 2933 ECC	DDR4 registered ECC; faster modules run at the board's top speed	$322	$5.03	$541	▲ 5.8%	65
DDR4 64GB RDIMM 3200 ECC	DDR4 registered ECC; faster modules run at the board's top speed	$450	$7.03	$757	0%	104

Cost to fill all 24 slots

DDR4 16GB RDIMM 2400 ECC: 24 × $63.39 = $1,521 for 384 GB
DDR4 32GB RDIMM 3200 ECC: 24 × $149 = $3,576 for 768 GB
DDR4 64GB RDIMM 2933 ECC: 24 × $322 = $7,719 for 1536 GB
DDR4 64GB RDIMM 3200 ECC: 24 × $450 = $10,800 for 1536 GB

Dell PowerEdge R730 drives

Item	Fits because	Lowest now	Typical	7-day	Listings
600GB 10K SAS 2.5in drive	2.5in SAS: needs a tray; behind the RAID card or HBA	$7.99	$18.73	—	157
900GB 10K SAS 2.5in drive	2.5in SAS: needs a tray; behind the RAID card or HBA	$10.99	$23.74	—	154
1.2TB 10K SAS 2.5in drive	2.5in SAS: needs a tray; behind the RAID card or HBA	$17.50	$34.95	—	180
1.8TB 10K SAS 2.5in drive	2.5in SAS: needs a tray; behind the RAID card or HBA	$29.99	$74.96	—	169
Samsung 870 EVO 0.5TB	2.5in SATA SSD	$69.00	$156	▲ 57.4%	49
Crucial MX500 1TB	2.5in SATA SSD	$89.99	$176	▲ 11.4%	37
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB	2.5in SATA SSD	$120	$256	▲ 6.7%	134
Crucial MX500 2TB	2.5in SATA SSD	$165	$256	▼ 3.5%	9
HGST Ultrastar He10 10TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$171	$281	▼ 6.2%	20
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB	2.5in SATA SSD	$175	$366	0%	137
Seagate Exos X16 10TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$175	$292	▲ 8.4%	31
Seagate Exos X18 10TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$185	$238	0%	9
HGST Ultrastar He12 12TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$229	$350	0%	31
Seagate Exos X16 12TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$284	$450	0%	28
Seagate Exos X18 12TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$300	$493	0%	25
Seagate Exos X18 14TB 60-day low	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$300	$499	▼ 7.1%	9
Seagate Exos X16 16TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$303	$505	▼ 2.0%	98
2.4TB 10K SAS 2.5in drive	2.5in SAS: needs a tray; behind the RAID card or HBA	$325	$649	—	169
Seagate Exos X16 14TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$329	$418	▼ 8.9%	36
Seagate Exos X18 18TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$349	$617	0%	67
Seagate Exos X18 16TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$356	$609	0%	43
Samsung 870 EVO 4TB	2.5in SATA SSD	$369	$890	0%	69
Seagate Exos X20 18TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$399	$550	▼ 3.3%	23
WD Ultrastar HC550 16TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$399	$480	0%	16
WD Ultrastar HC550 18TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$415	$542	▲ 0.6%	50
Seagate Exos X20 20TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$477	$744	0%	42
WD Ultrastar HC560 20TB	3.5in SATA/SAS: LFF-bay models only	$629	$792	▲ 8.6%	9
Crucial MX500 4TB few listings	2.5in SATA SSD	$707	$747	▼ 5.1%	3

Dell PowerEdge R730 storage controllers & batteries

Item	Fits because	Lowest now	Typical	7-day	Listings
Dell PERC H330 Mini Mono	Factory RAID option: no cache	$9.90	$24.99	—	114
Dell PERC H730 Mini Mono	Factory RAID option: 1 GB cache	$13.99	$29.98	—	100
Dell HBA330 Mini	Factory HBA: passes disks straight through (ZFS)	$19.00	$44.99	▼ 30.9%	27
LSI 9300-8i HBA	PCIe HBA (12 Gb/s SAS)	$24.14	$52.98	▲ 4.9%	101
Dell PERC H730P Mini	Factory RAID option: 2 GB cache	$24.99	$64.00	▲ 11.3%	105

Dell PowerEdge R730 power supplies

Item	Fits because	Lowest now	Typical	Trend	7-day	Listings
Dell R630/R730 750W PSU	Hot-swap PSU	$12.89	$27.24		—	165

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Dell R630/R730 750W PSU

Hot-swap PSU

$12.89

$27.24

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165

Dell PowerEdge R730 network cards

Item	Fits because	Lowest now	Typical	7-day	Listings
Intel X520-DA2 10GbE SFP+	Standard PCIe card; order the bracket height your riser takes	$11.99	$25.00	0%	125
Intel X540-T2 (10GBase-T)	Standard PCIe card; order the bracket height your riser takes	$21.95	$48.97	▲ 54.6%	102
Mellanox ConnectX-3 MCX311A (10GbE)	Standard PCIe card; order the bracket height your riser takes	$22.99	$37.10	0%	19
Intel X710-DA2 10GbE SFP+ (2-port)	Standard PCIe card; order the bracket height your riser takes	$27.99	$51.89	▼ 8.1%	128
Intel I350-T4 1GbE (4-port)	Standard PCIe card; order the bracket height your riser takes	$32.99	$85.00	▼ 4.4%	143
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 25GbE (MCX4121A-ACAT) deal	Standard PCIe card; order the bracket height your riser takes	$34.95	$79.90	0%	57

Dell PowerEdge R730 trays & other parts

Item	Fits because	Lowest now	Typical	Trend	7-day	Listings
Dell 2.5in drive tray (R620/R720/R630/R730)	Tray for 2.5in bays	$4.99	$5.88		—	80

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Dell 2.5in drive tray (R620/R720/R630/R730)

Tray for 2.5in bays

$4.99

$5.88

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What to check before you buy

Dell PowerEdge R730 is a 2U rack server, Dell 13th generation (2014). Parts listed here match its socket, memory type, bays and controller family; the table says why each one fits.
A dead PERC cache battery fails silently: the controller drops to write-through and small writes slow sharply, with nothing in the OS to show it. Check with ipmitool sdr type Battery ("ROMB Battery").
Prices are the cheapest clean listing (lots, parts-only and bundles are filtered out); how we price. Rows marked "few listings" have fewer than 5 listings today.

Dell PowerEdge R730 compatible parts and upgrade prices

Dell PowerEdge R730 CPUs

Dell PowerEdge R730 memory

Cost to fill all 24 slots

Dell PowerEdge R730 drives

Dell PowerEdge R730 storage controllers & batteries

Dell PowerEdge R730 power supplies

Dell PowerEdge R730 network cards

Dell PowerEdge R730 trays & other parts

What to check before you buy

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