What is the best (used) model of Xserve?

Hello Xserve folk. I plan on purchasing a used Xserve soon somewhere like on eBay and using it in a data center to host some websites. (I now use an old Sun Raq 550) My question to you all: what would be the best model/configuration? Naturally a brand new top of the line Xserve from Apple would be best, but I only have about $1500 - $2000 tops to spend so that's not an option! The very first edition Xserves I assume had some room for improvement and are probably a little tired right now. So I was hoping people here on this forum might give me the benefit of thier experience and clue me in a little with opinions. THANKS in advance.
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The G5 models (2.0 GHz or 2.3 GHz) will be the fastest, naturally.
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