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Hello all, I’m planning on making 3 render nodes and would like some advice. I’m planning to set up the following: Case: supermicro CSE-512L-260 Asus P8H67-M Pro revB3 Processor: intel I-7 2600K, 3,4GHZ 4cores/8threads Cooler: ??? need advice on this one Ram: DDR3 non ECC 1333 – 2x4GB HD: western digital caviar blue SATA 7200rpm 500GB Simple DVD Win 7 pro 64 bit eng oem TOTAL: 790 euros incl. VAT x 3 makes 2370 euros incl VAT. My current system: Dual intel xeon E5620 2,4GHZ – 24GB RAM – nvidia quadro fx 3800 - win7 64bit Running 3dsmax 2011 with mentalray as renderer. Is this the right way to go? Are these the maximum cores for metal ray satellite with distributed bucked rendering? Will this mean I can render at (2X2.4GHZ)+(3x3.4GHZ)= 15GHZ? Will I be able to use my main workstation fully while the 3 nodes render in the mean while? Will I be able to put GPU graphic cards in the nodes and use them for gpu based rendering like iray? All information and advice welcome. I’m really new at this and the info on the internet is I’m so fragmented losing my way here. Thanks.

Studio/Institution: 4D Artists, Inc. Client: Karina Bay Resorts Genre: Residential Interior Software: 3ds Max Design 2011 and iray renderer Website: http://www.4da-inc.com Description: This was originally part of a 6-minute produced for Karina Bay Resort in the Florida Keys, and a still image of the bedrooms scene has been re-done in iray.