The refurbished Dell PowerEdge R650 is a dual-socket 1U rack server built for organizations that need serious compute density without surrendering half a rack to get it. This is a professionally refurbished unit — pulled from a production environment, fully tested, and rebuilt to spec — offered here as a VXRail E660f variant running on the same proven R650 hardware platform. Two sockets, up to 80 cores total, and a drive configuration that puts fast NVMe right alongside bulk SAS/SATA capacity, all in a single rack unit.
Processor options span the full 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable lineup, from Silver-tier 8-core options up to Platinum 8380 chips at 40 cores per socket — so whether this box is anchoring a virtualization cluster or grinding through data processing workloads, the CPU side of the equation is covered. On the storage front, the R650 gives you 10 x 2.5" SFF drive bays total, with 4 of those bays capable of running NVMe via PCIe alongside the remaining 6 standard SAS/SATA bays. That mixed-drive layout is genuinely useful — fast NVMe tiers for hot data, higher-capacity SAS or SATA behind it.
This is a workhorse platform that thrives in environments like:
- High-density virtualization clusters where per-rack compute capacity matters and physical space is a hard constraint
- Database servers that benefit from NVMe storage tiers for hot data alongside bulk SAS/SATA for everything else
- Analytics and data processing pipelines where memory bandwidth and core count do most of the work
- Web hosting and application environments that need consistent throughput without consuming multiple rack units
- Edge and distributed deployments where a compact, capable 1U platform is a site requirement
- VDI infrastructure that needs memory headroom — the R650 supports up to 2TB DDR4 across 32 DIMM slots
Power is handled by two 1100W Platinum-rated power supplies, so redundancy is built in from the start. Remote management runs through Dell iDRAC 9 with Lifecycle Controller — out-of-band monitoring, firmware updates, and remote OS deployment without needing anyone physically at the server. Worth noting: an iDRAC 9 Enterprise license upgrade is available on the listing if your environment requires the full feature set. PCIe Gen 4 support across the expansion slots is also worth calling out — it means NVMe drives and high-speed networking cards won't be bottlenecked by the platform itself.
A used Dell PowerEdge R650 at this price point is hard to argue with when the alternative is buying new. Every unit is professionally refurbished, fully tested for functionality, and configured to your specs before it ships — you're getting enterprise-grade hardware at a significant discount over new pricing, not a mystery box from a liquidation pile.
At The Server Store, we don't just sell pre-owned Dell PowerEdge R650 servers — we configure them, test them, and make sure you're getting exactly the system you need. Our team is available by phone or chat whenever you need us. Browse our full selection of professionally refurbished, custom-configured servers and IT equipment at The Server Store.
