Asus RS100-X7 1U Socket 1155 Barebone $225 @ NewEgg

[badatSAS]

ASUS RS100-X7 1U Server Barebone - Newegg.com

1U Rackmount case with C202 Socket-1155 based motherboard (Xeon E3-12xx v2 compatible), up to 32gb of ram. 250 watt 80plus (bronze) power supply.

Comes with rails, low profile heatsink, and the pcie riser

Seems like some decent bang for the buck

 

[cactus]

I picked one of these up when it was openbox for $150. It lacks fans or provisions for frans blowing on the PCIe area, so it may not be great for high heat PCIe cards like RAID or Infiniband.

 

[badatSAS]

My thoughts were a nice little E3-1230v2 32gb ESXi box to add to my cluster - anything I'm missing that would make this a bad candidate for that?

Also NewEgg had some Lenovo TS-130's for $300ish with an i3

 

[wyluliraven]

The Asus RS100-X7 is currently $274.99, $224.99 after $50.00 rebate card, with free shipping

The openbox listing is now $220 with free shipping. Makes me scratch my head...

Link for comparison: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware, Servers & Workstations, ASUS RS100-X7