The Dell PowerEdge R450 server is a 1U, 15th gen (15G), Intel-based rack server, which can weigh up to 41Lbs when fully configured. The server's motherboard supports 2x Intel LGA4189 sockets that accommodate Intel's Xeon Scalable V3 Series processors with a maximium TDP of 185W, maximum speed per processor of 3.60Ghz, and a maximum of 48 Cores. The Dell PowerEdge R450 server supports 8x DIMMs per CPU for a total of 16x RAM slots and a maximum of 4.1TB of PC4 / DDR4 ECC Registered memory with a max speed of 3200 Mhz.

The Dell PowerEdge R450 chassis takes 2x hot-plug / hot-swap redundant power supplies / PSUs with total wattage of up to 1,100 Watts. Max storage capacity exceeds 122.9TB. Depending on the chassis configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R450 server can support a maximum of 8x SFF / 2.5 inch SATA / SAS drives or a maximum of 4x LFF / 3.5 inch SATA / SAS drives.

The Dell PowerEdge R450 server comes with an embedded dual-port 1GB RJ-45 network connection with an optional LOM / NDC slot that accommodates an OCP 3.0 LOM card. Depending on the riser configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R450 server could take up to 2x PCIe 4.0 (Gen 4) NIC slots. Depending on the riser configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R450 server could accommodate a single-wide GPU.

Key additional features include: support of Boss-S2 / Boss-S1 card with up to 2x M.2 SATA SSDs, Quick Sync 2 setup features, and DRAC 9 Dell remote access capabilities.