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Silver 1U rack server front with eight 2.5-inch drive bays and DVD slot

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R430 1U rack server E5-2650 v3 10C 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 8x 300GB SAS H730

SKU CH-E86V-KGYQ2

1U rack server with a 10-core Xeon at 2.3 GHz, 16 GB DDR4, eight 300 GB 15K SAS drives and an H730 RAID controller

  • ProcessorIntel Xeon
  • Installed RAM16 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4

Installed Memory Size 16GB

HDD 8 x 300GB

  • 10-core Xeon E5-2650 v3 at 2.3 GHz delivers 20 threads
  • 16 GB DDR4 across 12 slots ready for expansion to 384 GB
  • Eight 300 GB 15 K SAS drives in hot-plug 2.5″ bays
  • H730 1 GB RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Redundant 550 W power supply plus iDRAC8 remote management

Dense 1U compute node

The PowerEdge R430 packs a ten-core Xeon E5-2650 v3 running at 2.3 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 into a single rack unit. It targets teams that need high thread density for virtualisation hosts, database nodes or batch workloads where rack space is at a premium. Buyers who want more storage bays or GPU acceleration should look elsewhere.

Redundant 550 W supply

A hot-swap 550 W power module provides N+1 redundancy so a single failure does not take the server offline. The 1U chassis draws cool air front-to-rear through managed fans that ramp with CPU load, keeping acoustics predictable in a data-centre aisle. No liquid-cooling provisions exist.

Eight hot-plug SAS bays

Eight 2.5-inch drive bays accept SAS or SATA media and are populated with 300 GB 15 K spindles behind a PERC H730 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Two PCIe 3.0 slots and four 1 GbE ports handle add-in cards and networking, while iDRAC8 gives remote console and lifecycle control. Builders needing more than two expansion slots or 10 GbE on-board will need a different platform.

How it compares

Measured against everything we stock in Rack & Tower Servers, at today’s prices. Recalculated every night.

Price $509.99
Cheaper than about 92% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 16 GB
Lower than about 90% of the 15,103 comparable items (median 128 GB).
Video RAM 8 MB
Typical for this category: the median of 8,309 items is 0.01 GB.

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Specifications

Product
Brand nameDELL
Product linePowerEdge
Model namePowerEdge R430
Product typeRack
Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM16 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity16 GB
Memory slot count12
Storage
Installed SSDNo
Disk controllerDell Perc H730 Controller
Drive interfaceSAS
Supported RAID levelsRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Maximum storage16 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipMatrox G200
Ports & slots
Network ports4 x Ports
Expansion card slots2 PCIe 3.0
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height1U
Product weight40 lb (18.1 kg)
Software
Operating systemNo
More details
Management controlleriDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8 Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade) 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)

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Questions about this item

How do I install the 8 x 300 GB SAS drives into the 2.5" hot-plug bays, and which step is often missed?

Slide each drive into a bay until the latch clicks; the step often missed is confirming the H730 controller detects every drive in the RAID BIOS before loading the OS.

What maintenance or replacement will the 550 W redundant power supply need later?

The single 550 W unit can be hot-swapped if it fails; keep a spare on hand because the chassis only holds one supply despite the redundant design.

What limit appears first when the E5-2650 v3 runs sustained workloads with 16 GB DDR4?

Memory capacity hits the 16 GB installed ceiling first; the CPU supports up to 384 GB across 12 slots, so adding DDR4 modules removes the bottleneck.

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