ASUS RS100-X5/PI2 Server Reviews

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Pros: 1U, supports core 2 duo, price, newegg's service Cons: item's description gives you false hope making you think it comes with a DVD drive, doesn't come with a cable for a regular Slim optical drive, short power cable for optical drive Other Thoughts: I had a spare optical drive from when I replaced my notebook's drive with a DVD burner but this server only has IDE/Sata ports so I had to buy a standard to slim atapi adapter which was $10, unfortunately newegg doesn't carry it so I had to purchase it elsewhere. I purchased this server to recycle my E6400 cpu I upgraded recently in my PC. from Newegg.com SKILL, WD 320GB RE2 SATA drive, and an extra Intel GbE PCIe all from Newegg to make an Untangle 5.10 UTM Firewall box. Works great! This little 1U is VERY quiet compared to other servers! Layout is great on the board. from Newegg.com Pros: CheapQuiet after bootRoom for dual internal 3.5" hard drivesStableUSB CD-ROM/DVD-ROM works great (bootable) Cons: Only 2 gig of RAM is a huge weaknessNo CD-ROM is included no matter what the photos show you Other Thoughts: We needed a rack mounted server quick for an installation at a customers site. Since this was a beta site, we were paying out of pocket for the rack server, and my bosses were bristling at the $1300+ that a bare bones Dell or HP, but we managed to put together a great server for like $700. from Newegg.com Pros: Comes with rails and is easy to assemble and it is very quite when it is running. If you are building a low/mid budget game server or a home file server, I would recommend this one. Cons: Dose not have the ICH7R south bridge, so no hardware raid. from Newegg.com Does not come with pictured DVD-ROM. Does not come with pictured rails.2 GIGs of RAM MAX Other Thoughts: Not bad for the price but I would expect better design from ASUS. BUY a north bridge fan and be ready to figure out a way to use the floppy power cable to power it. from Newegg.com Pros: Extremely quiet, well laid out. Cons: PCI Express slot works with graphics cards ONLY. Why would they put a PCI-E slot in a server that doesn't support anything but video cards is beyond me. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer,The RS100-X5 server board does support other devices built upon PCIe standard. from Newegg.com Cons: The SATA cables provided are a bit short. No Rails as shown in images here on NewEgg. One of the servers came in the original box, but seems NewEgg put the other in just a random box they had lying around with no other protection. The server was hence dented when it arrived. from Newegg.com Pros: Inexpensive, pretty quiet Cons: Despite the photos and other review rails and optical drive are not included. Other Thoughts: Got this barebones to build a simple network server and it fills that purpose well. However, installing an OS on it was a little tricky as I did not order a slim optical drive thinking it came with the unit. from Newegg.com Pros: small... dead quiet (after boot).. from Newegg.com Pros: Solid ASUS design, unusual but very effective CPU cooler, unusual but extremely well designed- clean layout, cool operation, very small server board, somewhere in between an mATX and miniITX, leaving more place for other stuff. Silent Fan operation. from Newegg.com

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Rack-Mountable 1U, Operating System(s): Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, Microso...

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Released	1 year ago
Controller Type	Serial ATA II x 2
Processor Type	Xeon Dual Core
Networking Type	10/100/1000 Network Adapters x 2
Power Supply	Cold Swap Power Supply
Chipset	Intel 945GC
Compatible Operating Systems	Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Microsoft Windows Vista SuSe Linux Enterprise 10
Data Link Protocol	Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet
Depth	16.93 in.
Expansion Bays	1 x 5.25" (External Access) 2 x 3.5" (Internal Access)
Expansion Slots	PCI Express x16 x 1
Exterior Color	Black
Fans	1 x Fan
Form Factor	Rack-Mountable 1U
Height	1.71 in.
Integrated Input/Output Ports	USB 2.0 x 4 RJ45 Lan Port x 2 Serial Port x 1 PS/2 Mouse x 1 PS/2 Keyboard x 1
MPN	RS100-X5/PI2
Max Supported Qty	1
Maximum RAM	2 GB
Number of Memory Slots	2 x 240 Pin DIMMs
Other Features	Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Platform	PC Unix
Power Supply Output	180 Watt
Processor Manufacturer	Intel
RAM Technology	DDR2 SDRAM
Regulatory Approval	CE BSMI EN55022 EN55024 C-Tick CCC FCC TUV
Socket Type	Socket LGA775
Supported RAM speeds	533 MHz 667 MHz
System Management	Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
UPC	610839652341
Video Output Interface	PCI Express
Warranty	3 Years
Weight	13.67 lb.
Width	14.96 in.

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