{"product_id":"r740xd-dual-t4-build-refurbished","title":"R740xd – Dual T4 Build, Refurbished","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDell PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF Rack Server – Dual NVIDIA T4 Build (Refurbished)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2U Inference Server with 2x NVIDIA Tesla T4 16GB – 32GB of GPU Memory at 140W Total GPU Power, No GPU Power Cables Needed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eDell PowerEdge R740xd\u003c\/strong\u003e pairs our tested GPU-ready platform with \u003cstrong\u003etwo NVIDIA Tesla T4 16GB\u003c\/strong\u003e accelerators. The T4 is a 70W, low-profile, single-slot card that draws all of its power from the PCIe slot, so there is no auxiliary GPU cable to source, match or get wrong. Two cards give you 32GB of GPU memory for inference, VDI and video workloads at a fraction of the power and heat of a 300W card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eKey Specifications:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eServer Model\u003c\/strong\u003e: Dell PowerEdge R740xd 24SFF (24x 2.5\" Small Form Factor bays)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProcessors\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2x Intel Xeon Silver 4210R (2.4GHz base, 10 cores \/ 20 threads each) – 20 Cores \/ 40 Threads total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemory\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128GB DDR4 ECC Registered (expandable)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGPU\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2x NVIDIA Tesla T4 16GB GDDR6 (32GB total) – Turing, 70W each, passively cooled, slot-powered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStorage\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1x Dell 960GB 6G SATA 2.5\" SSD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRAID\/Controller\u003c\/strong\u003e: PERC HBA330 (Non-RAID \/ Pass-Through)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNetworking\u003c\/strong\u003e: Intel X710 2x 10Gb SFP+ + I350 2x 1Gb Base-T rNDC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRemote Management\u003c\/strong\u003e: iDRAC Enterprise (with dedicated management port)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePower\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2x 1600W AC Hot-Plug Power Supplies (redundant)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCooling\u003c\/strong\u003e: High Performance Fan Kit, GPU enablement kit installed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRails\u003c\/strong\u003e: Included Rail Kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Professionally refurbished and tested\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOS\u003c\/strong\u003e: No OS included (supports Windows Server, Linux, VMware ESXi, Proxmox)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eWhy Two T4s\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo power cable to get wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e The most common way GPU installs fail in this chassis is the auxiliary cable: data-center cards take an EPS-12V 8-pin, workstation cards take PCIe power, and the two are easy to confuse. The T4 needs neither.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatched to the slot.\u003c\/strong\u003e The T4 is a PCIe Gen3 x16 card, the same generation as the R740xd's slots, so it runs at its full native link speed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLow power, low heat.\u003c\/strong\u003e 140W of GPU load in total, compared with 300W for a single A40. Easier on the rack, the inlet temperature limit and the power budget.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoom to grow.\u003c\/strong\u003e The R740xd takes up to six single-width GPUs. Dell requires all installed GPUs to be the same model, so additional T4s are the upgrade path.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrent driver support.\u003c\/strong\u003e The T4 is a Turing card and remains on NVIDIA's current data-center driver branch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInference serving for small and mid-size models, one model per card or one per tenant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and virtual workstations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVideo transcoding and analytics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbedding, OCR, speech and classic ML pipelines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLab, dev and test environments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeed more GPU memory on one card?\u003c\/strong\u003e 16GB per card caps the size of a single model. For 70B-class models on one GPU, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/products\/r740xd-a40-build-refurbished\"\u003eR740xd A40 build\u003c\/a\u003e carries 48GB on a single card. See \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/blogs\/news\/what-can-you-run-on-48gb-nvidia-a40-llm-model-guide-2026\"\u003ewhat fits in 48GB\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eCompare Our R740xd Builds:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/products\/r740xd-gpu-ready-no-gpu-included-build-refurbished\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR740xd – GPU Ready (No GPU Included)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e – $2,995 – bring your own card.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/products\/r740xd-gpu-ready-no-gpu-included-build-refurbished-1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR740xd – GPU Ready, Gold 6248 \/ H740p\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e – $3,493.33 – more CPU and hardware RAID; bring your own card.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eR740xd – Dual T4 Build (this listing)\u003c\/strong\u003e – $4,693 – 2x Tesla T4 16GB (32GB total), slot-powered.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/products\/r740xd-dual-v100-build-refurbished\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR740xd – Dual V100 Build\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e – $5,849 – 2x Tesla V100 32GB (64GB total).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/products\/r740xd-a40-build-refurbished\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR740xd – A40 Build\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e – $10,959 – 1x NVIDIA A40 48GB.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eConfiguration — Already Handled\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe T4 is \u003cstrong\u003epassively cooled\u003c\/strong\u003e: no fan of its own. It depends on chassis airflow, which is why this build carries the same GPU platform as our larger builds: the GPU enablement kit and shroud, low-profile heat sinks in both CPU sockets, the high-performance fan kit and 2x 1600W supplies. Cooling is set in iDRAC for the cards that are installed, and the server is burned in before it ships. Full background: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/blogs\/news\/nvidia-a40-poweredge-r740xd-gpu-enablement-kit-requirements\"\u003ewhat a passive GPU needs in an R740xd\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes the NVIDIA T4 need a GPU power cable?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. The T4 draws 70W, within the 75W a PCIe slot supplies, so it has no auxiliary power connector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow much GPU memory does this server have?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e32GB in total: 16GB of GDDR6 on each of the two T4 cards. Each card holds its own model; the T4 has no NVLink, so the two cards do not pool memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I add more T4s later?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. The R740xd supports up to six single-width GPUs, and Dell requires all installed GPUs to be the same model. Contact us and we will quote additional T4s installed and tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it come with an operating system?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo OS is included. The server supports Windows Server, Linux distributions, VMware ESXi and Proxmox. iDRAC Enterprise is licensed for remote installation and management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat condition is it in and what warranty applies?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessionally refurbished, fully tested and burned in, in excellent cosmetic and functional condition with minor signs of previous rack use possible. Backed by the Resilient Tec lifetime warranty, reachable directly rather than through a manufacturer ticket queue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/blogs\/news\/custom-dell-r740xd-gpu-server-builds-prices-faq\"\u003eCustom Dell R740xd GPU servers\u003c\/a\u003e – every build, which GPUs fit, and the power-cable question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/blogs\/news\/nvidia-a40-poweredge-r740xd-gpu-enablement-kit-requirements\"\u003ePutting a passive datacenter GPU in a PowerEdge R740xd\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/pages\/gpu-servers-on-prem-ai-guide\"\u003eGPU servers \u0026amp; on-prem AI guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67667789643876,"sku":null,"price":4693.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/resilient-tec.com\/products\/r740xd-dual-t4-build-refurbished","provider":"Resilient Tec","version":"1.0","type":"link"}