Technical Guide

Acoustical performance
Dell EMC PowerEdge R450 is a rack-mount server appropriate for attended data center environment. However, lower acoustical
output is attainable with proper hardware or software configurations.
Table 17. Acoustical configurations of R450
Configuration Single Socket Typical 3.5-inch Typical 2.5-inch Margin Rich
Processor Type 3rd Generation
Intel® Xeon®
Processor
3rd Generation
Intel® Xeon®
Processor
3rd Generation Intel®
Xeon® Processor
3rd Generation Intel®
Xeon® Processor
Processor TDP 105 W / 10 C 105 W / 10 C 105 W / 10 C 150 W / 24 C
Processor Quantity 1 2 2 2
RDIMM Memory 8 GB DDR4 16 GB DDR4 16 GB DDR4 32 GB DDR4
Memory Quantity 2 4 4 8
Backplane Type 4x3.5-inch 4x3.5-inch 8x2.5-inch 10x2.5-inch
HDD Type 3.5-inch 7.2 K RPM
SATA
3.5-inch 7.2 K RPM
SAS
2.5-inch 10 K RPM SAS 2.5-inch 10 K RPM SAS
HDD Quantity 2 4 6 10
PSU Type 800 W 800 W 800 W 1400 W
PSU Quantity 1 2 2 2
M.2 X X X X
OCP Dual Port 1 GbE Dual Port 1 GbE Dual Port 1 GbE Dual Port 10 GbE
PCI 1 X X X X
PCI 2 X X X X
Front PERC PERC H345 PERC H345 PERC H345 PERC H345
LOM Card X X X X
PERC X X X X
Table 18. Acoustical performance of R450 acoustical configurations
Configuration Single Socket Typical 3.5-
inch
Typical 2.5-inch Margin Rich
Acoustical Performance: Idle/ Operating @ 25 °C Ambient
L
wA,m
(B)
Idle 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8
Operating 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3
K
v
(B)
Idle 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Operating 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
L
pA,m
(dB)
Idle 32 33 33 35
Operating 37 37 39 43
Prominent tones No prominent tones in Idle and Operating
Acoustical Performance: Idle @ 28°C Ambient
L
wA,m
(B)
5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1
K
v
(B)
0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
26 Power, thermal, and acoustics