A low-cost homelab built from used Dell servers
In a firsthand setup, two used Dell servers are being used as after being bought through places like and eBay. The Dell PowerEdge T330 has a Xeon E3-1220 v5 processor, 16GB of memory, and a GTX 1050 Ti , and it handles , Plex, qBittorrent, MemOS, and HandBrake. The Dell PowerEdge R730 was bought for $100 and came with extra processors and fiber SFP modules.
It has two Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors and 16GB of memory. The R730 is used as a NAS, for Pi-hole, experiments, Immich, Nextcloud, TeamSpeak, and a few game servers for friends.
Key points
- The Dell PowerEdge T330 is used for , Plex, qBittorrent, MemOS, and HandBrake.
- The Dell PowerEdge R730 was bought used for $100.
- The R730 has two Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors and 16GB of memory.
- The R730 runs NAS storage, Pi-hole, , Immich, Nextcloud, TeamSpeak, and game servers.
- Most parts came from used-market sources such as and eBay.