Low power low end cheap server

[Giles Orr]

I want to set up a computer for file storage, accessible via VPN.  I
want it to consume very little power (I'm going to have it running
always-on and at home), and it doesn't need much horsepower or memory
but does need file space.  I thought initially I would use a DecTOP
(https://store.dataevolution.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DT-7001)
but it has no ethernet, a 10GB HD, only 128Mb memory (I know I said it
didn't need much memory, but that's _very_ low), and USB 1.1.  By the
time you put in a new HD and remedy the ethernet, HD, and possibly the
RAM issues you might as well have started with a more expensive base.
mini-itx looks good, but seems hard to buy and build a full system in
Canada - especially cheaply.

Required:
- ~750Gb 3.5" HD (not laptop, too expensive) - pref SATA, but not essential
- 100Mb+ ethernet
- Linux-compatible
- processor/memory capable of running OpenVPN and SSH and handling
maybe two simultaneous clients
- USB 2.0
- basic video (it will run headless, but for the install and debugging ...)

Desirable elements:
- under $350
- power consumption in the 10-15w range
- very small case
- i386 compatibility
- no power brick (but I could live with that)
- very quiet

If the price or power consumption of  any such solution is
significantly higher than I'm hoping for the likeliest next choice
will be to recycle one of the many old comps around my house and just
throw a big hard drive in it.

Suggestions?

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