Spec a rendering machine

Uhtred

Uhtred

Uhtred

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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
 
This may do, you don't really have that many choices since you want XP Pro. I haven't included an optical drive as you can probably administer it remotely anyway, the hard drive is a reasonable size to allow for large render files if necessary and it uses onboard graphics.

OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS)
£82.99 £82.99
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£43.99 £43.99
MB-004-AK Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-004-AK)
£45.99 £45.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£139.99 £139.99
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£114.99 £114.99
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA)
£33.95 £33.95
Subtotal £461.90
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £82.58
Total £554.43
 
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
 
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Ok I didn't know exactly how much Ram would be required or how complex the renders would be. I think I'd still recommend the case and PSU from my original specification but other than that it should be fine.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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