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Tower server in matte black chassis with eight front drive bays

DELL

DELL PowerEdge T430 Tower Server 2x Xeon E5-2680v3 2.5GHz 64GB DDR4 3x 2TB SAS H730 8x 3.5" Bay

SKU CH-8W6B-Q824F

Tower server with dual twelve-core Xeon processors, 64GB DDR4 memory, three 2TB SAS drives on an H730 RAID controller, and eight hot-plug 3.5-inch bays

  • ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
  • Installed RAM64 GB
  • Video RAM8 MB
  • Installed SSDNo
  • ChipsetIntel C610
  • Type of memoryDDR4
  • Dual Xeon E5-2680v3 CPUs deliver 48 virtual cores for heavy workloads
  • 64GB DDR4 memory fills all 12 DIMM slots at maximum capacity
  • H730 RAID controller supports RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 with 1GB cache
  • Eight 3.5-inch hot-plug bays accept SAS or SATA drives up to 80TB total
  • Dual 750W redundant power supplies keep the server running during a failure

Dell PowerEdge T430 tower server

The Dell PowerEdge T430 is a tower server system built for small to medium workloads. It ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2680v3 twelve-core processors running at 2.5GHz and 64GB of DDR4 memory across twelve DIMM slots. The chassis supports up to eight 3.5-inch hot-plug drive bays and includes a PERC H730 RAID controller with 1GB cache. Dual 750W redundant power supplies provide hardware resilience.

Suited for virtualisation hosts

This configuration suits businesses needing a ready-to-run virtualisation host or file server with hardware RAID across SAS drives. The installed memory reaches the processor-supported maximum of 64GB, so buyers who need more than 64GB of RAM must select a different system. The tower form factor fits office environments but does not mount in standard rack enclosures without conversion hardware.

PERC H730 controller with eight 3.5-inch hot-plug

The storage subsystem centres on the PERC H730 controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across SAS or SATA drives. Three 2TB 7.2K SAS drives are installed, leaving five bays available for expansion up to the 80TB chassis limit. The controller’s 12Gbps SAS interface and 1GB cache determine the achievable I/O performance for database or virtualisation workloads.

How it compares

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

Price $1,140.99
Cheaper than about 69% of the 17,641 comparable items (median $1,910.99).
Installed RAM 64 GB
Lower than about 70% 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 T430
Product typeTower
Processor
ProcessorDual Intel Xeon
ChipsetIntel C610
Max supported CPUs2
Memory
Installed RAM64 GB
Type of memoryDDR4
Maximum RAM capacity64 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 storage80 TB
Optical driveDVD ROM
Graphics
Video RAM8 MB
Graphics chipIntegrated Graphics
Ports & slots
Network ports2 x Ports
Expansion card slotsSupport for up to 6 full height slots: 4 x PCIe 3.0, 2 x PCIe 2.0
Power
Hot-swap redundant PSUYes
Size & build
Rack height5U
Product weight59 lb (26.8 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)

Questions about this item

Should I pick the 64 GB DDR4 configuration or add more memory later?

The server ships with 64 GB DDR4 across 12 DIMM slots and supports up to 384 GB total, so you can start with the installed 64 GB and expand in matched sets of 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB modules up to 2400 MT/s.

What does the 48 virtual core count mean for actual workloads?

Two Xeon E5-2680v3 processors provide 24 physical cores and 48 threads via hyper-threading, giving 48 logical CPUs for parallel tasks such as virtualization, databases or rendering.

How does the SAS interface and H730 controller limit drive performance?

The H730 12 Gbps RAID controller manages the three 2 TB 7.2K SAS drives and up to five additional 3.5″ SAS or SATA drives, with RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 capping throughput at the controller's 12 Gbps link speed.

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