NVIDIA Ion platform server?

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Does anyone else think this could be a cool idea?

Pair one of these:

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http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/nvidia-ion-platform-review-roundup/

With an eSATA enclosure like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111051
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111048

....and you've got yourself a neat little server. The 9400-series GPU would allow you good HD playback, so you could use it as an HTPC in a pinch. You can use any 2.5" system disk, so there's plenty of room for your WHS or Vista install.

I'd hold out for a dual-core atom, but I think this is the coolest SFF I've seen to date.
 
That's just a reference, though. I want to see somebody take just the mainboard (not the I/O board), add another SATA port, and call it a day. It would be incredibly nice (and entirely unlikely) to see someone just add a PCIe slot so you can toss on a decent hardware RAID card with its own set of ports.
 
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