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MSI Pentium M Server - Killer Small Network Server or Brick?

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Is the idea of using a Pentium M powered system like the MICROSTAR P1-104A2M for a small, economical and power efficient server a stroke of genius or of madness?

Obviously a system like this is not going to win any performance tests, but it should be very easy on the wallet (both for purchase and electrical operation costs), and more than sufficient for a small network that just needs a file server.

Am I mistaken? And I am not affiliated with MSI.


Specifications:

CPU
Supports Intel® Pentium® M /Celeron® M processor

Chipset
Intel® 915GM Northbridge
- Supports 400 and 533 MHz Intel® NetBurst micro-architecture bus
- PCI Express external graphics support
- Supports DDR333 or DDR2 400/533 memory interface
- Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 with ADD2 interface support
Intel® ICH6 or ICH6R Southbridge
- Direct connection to GMCH via Direct Media Interface
- Supports one-channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller
- Two-port Serial ATA controller
- Support for up to eight USB 2.0 ports
- Intel® High Definition Audio interface

Main Memory
Supports up to two 240-pin 400/533MHz non-ECC DDR2 DIMMs
Supports up to 2GB

Expansion Slots
One 32-bit/33MHz PCI slot (support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface)

HDD Interface
One IDE controller on the ICH6 / ICH6R chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA66/100 operation modes
ICH6 / ICH6R chipset supports 4 Serial ATA 150 ports

Onboard Peripherals
1 PS/2 keyboard port
1 PS/2 mouse port
1 serial port & 1 serial pinheader
1 VGA port
3 RJ-45 ports (with LEDs)
2 USB ports

Onboard LAN
2 Intel® 82573V 10/100/1000 Mbits/sec Gigabit Ethernet controllers
1 Intel® 82562GZ 10/100 Mbits/sec Fast Ethernet controller

Onboard Audio
High Definition Audio interface integrated in ICH6 / ICH6R

Power Management Features
Wake up on LAN (WOL), wake up on PCI
RTC alarm and wake up
Wake up on keyboard/mouse/USB from S1
Supports ACPI S1, S4, S5 function

System Management
SMBus (I2C)
Temperature, voltage, and fan monitors

BIOS
The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically
The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications
Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD

Dimension
Micro ATX Form Factor: 24.5 cm (W) x 24.5 cm (L)

Mounting
8 mounting holes

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