Well, "good" is a relative term when you use a non-ECC board for a server. ;) I just summed up the component prices for similar servers that we have built - th

Well, "good" is a relative term when you use a non-ECC board for a server. ;) I just summed up the component prices for similar servers that we have built - that's the ballpark if you are willing to assemble it yourself (takes around 45mins when you're not doing it the first time). For a pre-assembled box google found me this (first hit): http://www.nixsys.com/products/intel-rackmount-servers/intel-core-i7-servers/nx58-2hd.html http://www.nixsys.com/products/intel-rackmount-servers/intel... That comes out at $1735 for a 6-core, 12G Ram, 128G SSD or $1385 if you use the 4-core equivalent to the mini. Rather expensive but in the ballpark and already cheaper than the mini (if you buy RAM and disks separately you can probably shave another $300 off).