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# 1 20-10-2012 , 01:22 PM
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How do I build a cheap render farm?

Pls, ppl, can anyone give me a guide to building a small cheap render farm with 5 P4 pcs? I will appreciate any assistance. Thanks

# 2 20-10-2012 , 02:02 PM
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# 3 20-10-2012 , 05:30 PM
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5 P4's? In my opinion, it's not worth it. The amount of power sucked by those things would way outweigh any processing power. A single core-2 will probably be much faster than the 5 combined.


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# 4 20-10-2012 , 06:58 PM
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The money you'd spend on that could get you a single i7 system that would blow all those away.


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# 5 20-10-2012 , 10:50 PM
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Thanks

Thanks guys!
Maybe i'll reconsider the pc specs i want to use even if it finally has to be just 2 pcs.
Daverave, ur link was very helpful. Thanks.

# 6 21-10-2012 , 04:14 AM
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You could also use on-demand services as well. I've used Render Rocket, https://www.renderrocket.com/, many times. Your first few renders are free as well. (And free test renders)


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# 7 21-10-2012 , 06:48 PM
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NextDesign thanks for the link. I think its a reasonable option too. Never knew such services exist.

# 8 27-06-2014 , 04:36 PM
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Build a Render farm for yourself

I’m planing to build a render farm for myself and just find the render farm company in the UK . Here is some data from the website: https://www.modularcreation.com

"Six nodes with i7-4770 CPU

Idle noise: ~46-48 dB
Idle consumption: ~ 150 Wh
CPU's temperatures: ~ 25-30 °C

100% load noise : ~48-50 dB
100% load (rendering) consumption : ~ 650 Wh
100% load (rendering) CPU temperatures : ~ 65-70°C"

It doesn't look like a noisy system. They are selling cases too. user added image

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