beanie1983 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hi All Please could somebody give me some advice on building a render slave to run along side the computer I have now. The renders that I am doing are interior shots. This is the spec of my computer that I have now. 1 x Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Force Socket LGA 2011v3 7.1 Channel Audio eATX Motherboard 4 x Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA 8GB DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) CL16 DR x8 Unbuffered DIMM 288pin 1 x Intel Core i7-5930K 3.50GHz Socket 2011-V3 15MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H90 140mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler 1 x Sandisk 128GB Ultra Plus SATA III 2.5 Inch Internal SSD for Notebook 1 x Corsair HX750i 750 Watt Power Supply 1 x Gigabyte G210 1GB DDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card Should I buy another computer exactly to the spec I already have or could anyone suggest anything different? The rendering im doing is CPU rendering so would like to stick to that rather than GPU rendering if possible. At the moment there isnt a budget as such but I don't want to be breaking the bank, I would say up to £2000 would be nice. If you had a £2000 to spend what would you choose? Thank you for your help John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 1 x Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB, SATA 6Gb/s (MZ-7KE256BW) 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3, 12x 2.50GHz, Sockel 2011-3, boxed (BX80644E52680V3) 2 x Crucial DIMM Kit 64GB, DDR4-2133, CL15-15-15, reg ECC (CT4K16G4RFD4213) 1 x ASRock Rack EP2C612D8-2T8R 2 x Noctua NH-U12DX i4 1 x Cooltek W2 schwarz (JB W2 K/600046940) 1 x Sea Sonic Platinum Series 1050W ATX 2.3 (SS-1050XP3) This breaks your budget, but it would be a lot of renderpower with the least amount of maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanie1983 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hi, Thank you for your reply. That looks good.... but i've priced it up and yeah it breaks the budget by quite a lot. Do you have any other suggestions? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francisco Penaloza Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 here is Dimitri's website with lots of good info and list of budget and expensive pc builds. http://pcfoo.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) For £2000 i would replace the workstation with a 5960X and use the 5930K as node http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/?cat=WL-457085&wlkey=c0b658f1157a192f7227979b526f6fda (+windows) maybe a different video card and case, i don't know what you need, if you're using a G210 now... and maybe a M.2 SSD like the SM951 (PCIe x4, AHCI or NVMe) instead of the 850pro, but you need to check if it is bootable with the board. Or a 5820K as node http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/?cat=WL-469851&wlkey=591c68410e13635b37bf5cb9c4f9a42a (+windows) Edited May 13, 2015 by numerobis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanie1983 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hi thank you for your replies I've just noticed that i have put the wrong graphics card down, I have the NVidia Quadro K4200 with this change what would your thoughts be? For a render node would i need a decent graphics card? I've been reading and it seems to be all about CPU power?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Another possible setup could be this: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£807.37 @ More Computers) CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme S 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£91.23 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£165.86 @ Dabs) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£259.99 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.98 @ Amazon UK) Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£83.50 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£83.98 @ Aria PC) Total: £1567.91 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-13 17:16 BST+0100 with a cheap gpu and with a total cost of around 1600£ you are way inside budget. Two Xeons could also fit: E5 2660 v3 (10c/20t) and E5 2670 v3 (12c/24t) but the 5960X with an oc of 4.4GHz (which isn't so difficult to achieve with a good cooler like the one in the list above), can easily surpass them both in rendering speed. Just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanie1983 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) Hi Thank you to all of you for your replies I've taken on board what you have said and we have come up with this... what do you guys think? does this look like a good spec? It's slightly over budget but if it will give me high performance and quicker render times it will be worth it. 1 x ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS - motherboard - SSI EEB - LGA2011-v3 Socket - C612 £390.55 2 x Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme 3.00GHz Socket 2011-V3 20MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £1,360.82 2 x Corsair Hydro Series H90 140mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £114.16 2 x Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA 8GB DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) CL16 DR x8 Unbuffered DIMM 288pin £110.00 1 x Corsair 180GB Force Series GS SSD £81.66 1 x Corsair HX750i 750 Watt Power Supply £104.70 1 x Gigabyte G210 1GB DDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card £19.99 1 x Fractal Design Define Xl R2 Computer Case (titanium Grey) £83.32 TOTAL £2,265.20 Would the power supply handle it or would it be better getting a 1000w power supply? the graphics card isn't an issue as its a slave and I'm only using the CPU power Edited May 14, 2015 by beanie1983 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I thought you need a Xeon you for a dual processor board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelmcwilliam Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 https://www.asus.com/nl/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/Z10PED8_WS/HelpDesk_CPU/ http://forums.cgarchitect.com/76477-advice-needed-new-workstation-6.html http://forums.cgarchitect.com/78326-some-advice-building-new-workstation-3d-modeling-rendering-2.html#post402892 Other nice cases: Antec p100/p280/p380 Cooltek w2 Cooler Master Silensio 652s Corsair 540/760t/780t/450d/550d/650d/750d/900d Fractal design arc midi r2/arc xl/r5/xl r2/define s Inwin 901 Nanoxia Deep Silence 2/3 NZXT H440 Phanteks Enthoo Evolv/luxe/primo/pro Silverstone Fortress ft02b/ft05 Other nice psu's: Be Quiet dark power pro 10/11 series Corsair HX i series Corsair RM series Super flower leadex gold series Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanie1983 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 I thought you need a Xeon you for a dual processor board? Yes you're right they do.... Back to the drawing board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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