Spec a rendering machine

[Uhtred]

Hi guys, i'm wanting a intel duo system to do some network rendering, it won't need keyboard/mouse/keyboard and the graphics don't need to be good at all as it will only be accessed remotely.

They will need a copy of xp pro (oem is fine) and it probably won't be overclocked. Looking to spend £550 or less if at all possible.

Any ideas?
Thanks

 

[Uhtred]

Looks good, i like the motherboard with the onboard grahics though we don't need a large hard disk as it's all going over the network to the managment machine and 1gig of ram will be plenty. An optical drive would be handy.

Cheers


edit - how about this..


HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI) 1
£26.95 £26.95
MY-112-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-112-CS) 1
£84.99 £84.99
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS) 1
£32.00 £32.00
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS) 1
£82.99 £82.99
CD-002-SA Samsung SH-D162 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-002-SA) 1
£11.50 £11.50
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK) 1
£45.99 £45.99
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£114.99 £114.99
Subtotal £399.41
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £71.64
Total £481.00

 

[Uhtred]

cool, what's your reasoning on the case? more power in the psu? Will be looking to get 3 more of these if it performs well

My duo managed 4 minutes a frame (though overclocked to 2.8ghz it managed 2 minutes 45!, hopefully these will be similar although they won't be overclocked.

 

[Uhtred]

another quick quiz before i order this...would i be better off getting some 5400C4 instead of the 6400C5 as i don't think the motherboard can run at 6400 speeds anyway?