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Started by rcallicotte, May 25, 2009, 04:55:54 PM
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rcallicotte
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May 25, 2009, 04:55:54 PM
Would two or three of these make a good start to build a render farm? Opinions?
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May 25, 2009, 06:40:08 PM
I would say that it's too expensive. You can get a solid Core 2 Quad 2.5Ghz and 4GB RAM desktop from HP or Dell for about $500 if you know where to look, and one of those would beat the pants off of two of those servers, for less money.
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May 25, 2009, 09:28:32 PM
Thanks, o_b. What I'd really like to do is get a rack, but that goes along the same lines as expensive. 4 separate machines with Core 2 Quad and 4G each would be useful.
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