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Pros: Size, power consumption, build quality, bootable internal USB. It's a real server suitable for most any environment. I'm a big fan of Shuttle's form factor, but I can get used to this as well. Running WHS 2003 can be a bit of a chore, but there is a dedicated group on several easily 'googled' message boards both in the US and UK that are a wealth of information. I've had mine running XP and Win7 for testing with no problems or driver issues. WHS is having trouble coming to terms with the Display drivers I'm trying to feed it. I got mine from another vendor as there was a 'price war' going on a few weeks ago. The 'Egg had it on sale for $14 cheaper yesterday, even factoring in the CA sales tax. I'd most definitely be looking at another one of these when I need to build the next NAS/Server box. Overall this was an impulse buy based in large part on the great on-line community already using the chassis (WHS, FreeNAS, etc.) and reviews here at NewEgg. I haven't been disappo
Cons: None that were deal breakers. Remember that you need normal DIMMs. A helpful white shirt at FrenchFries thought he was doing me a favor by selling me RAM with the biggest heat spreader on the planet, even after I gave him the SKU of what i wanted. His excuse, 'Well what I wrote up was faster'. Fail. Anything taller/fatter than the heat sink on Corsair's regular XMS line might cause you trouble. As there are only four drive bays, if you want to get creative you can put two more 3.5" HDDs in the ODD bay. Search for N82E16816215114. Two of these can be arranged to hold the HDDs and still slot into the drive rails properly. And don't face palm me (yet)... I've got two 40mm fans and a 5.25 front grill from an Antec Twelve Hundred keeping air flow nice and clean. If heat becomes a factor up there I'm thinking that a 60mm fan could be added to the upper part of the rear chassis plate. That would be straight through air-flow, same (if not better) than the drive caddies below
Overall Review: I haven't been this jazzed by a SFF since I built my first shuttle seven years ago. For an enthusiast there are Eggcellent possibilities for packing even more into the N36L (even on a budget) than you might think. I'm looking at a 10+TB box for under $1000. This will actually allow me to truly backup my data! Get one. You (probably) won't regret it.