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General Category => General CG Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: Noyale on 2016-12-13, 08:32:49

Title: High-end render farm working machines
Post by: Noyale on 2016-12-13, 08:32:49

I'm currently planning to create a new render farm and just wondering that what might be the "best price" components for an single working machine in this moment?

My plan for future is to have enough working machines to render faster, even partly heavy 3d-animations. I'm currently using 3ds Max, Corona + some other plugins.

Any suggestions?

Package #1

• Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4, LGA2011-3, 2.1GHz,40MB
• Noctua processor cooling, NH-U12S, LGA/115x/2011/AM2
• Asus X99-E WS, LGA2011-v3, Intel X99, DDR4, CEB
• Corsair 64GB (8 x 8GB) Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133MHz, 1.2V
• Samsung 256GB 850 PRO Series SSD-hard drive 2.5", SATA III
• Seasonic 450W G-450 ATX power
• Asus NVIDIA GeForce GT 210 Silent V2, 1GB DDR3, VGA/DVI

There is one thing that I'm kind of guessing: 2.1Ghz enough for Xeon?

Thanks!

Title: Re: High-end render farm working machines
Post by: Ondra on 2016-12-13, 08:56:25

as for your CPU doubts, see corona benchmark results, compare them with CPU prices, make the best decision

Title: Re: High-end render farm working machines
Post by: Noyale on 2016-12-13, 09:09:32

Quote from: Ondra on 2016-12-13, 08:56:25

as for your CPU doubts, see corona benchmark results, compare them with CPU prices, make the best decision

Thanks!

Title: Re: High-end render farm working machines
Post by: Jann on 2016-12-13, 12:01:03

For a single machine a dual xeon build would be "best price". The E5-2683 V3 or V4 (depending if you're buying retail or ES) are great value for rendering price/power.
You'd need a dual socket board like Asus Z10PE-D8 WS or alike. And server type memory. I'd suggest 16Gb per stick memory, so you can upgrade later. Definitely at least 650W psu.
This way you'd need boxes in the long run, which means less parts overall, less licenses etc.

As for that single cpu config you provided, the board is overkill (unless you really need it for some tasks). And same as I wrote above on memory and psu.