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ZBox for server?

Does anyone own one of the Zotac ZBox units linked below?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856173041

It seems to have some pretty decent specs (relatively speaking) and I'm considering purchasing one to replace my large server. I'd definitely max the RAM and I'd be running VMWare Server (not sure if ESXi would work on it) on a Windows 2008 base and then run some other Windows VMs on it as well.
 
<- I wrote the review that nace linked...

It's a nifty unit for non-storage serving needs. Oddly enough the smaller ID61 (one I got) has more connector options (DP, eSATA). If it uses the same HSF unit from ID61, expect to hear bit of noise from the box with default fan setting. I never got the time to tune the fan profiles on BIOS, so it could've just used some tuning there.

According to Passmark, the CPU is about the same as Arrandale Pentium U5xxx series in performance.
 
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