Depends on whether you think it's worth the money, they can make decent file servers but, because they most likely have revision 1 motherboards, they might not be able to use large hard drives or even 2 hard drives at once. Also, they can really only run OS 9 or Jaguar; Panther will not run on them (unless you find a hack) because they require built-in USB.
You don't need USB, you need upgraded video to run Panther on a beige. And XPF to get it installed in most cases.
I'm happily running Jag on a beige and Panther on a WS II and hoping the final version of XPF will let me run Panther on the beige without having to buy a video card.
The downside to adding a faster processor to a beige is that the other subsystems and system bus will still be slow (relative term) so your bang for the buck is lower
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