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This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
# 1 20-10-2012 , 01:22 PM
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How do I build a cheap render farm?

Pls, ppl, can anyone give me a guide to building a small cheap render farm with 5 P4 pcs? I will appreciate any assistance. Thanks

# 2 20-10-2012 , 02:02 PM
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# 3 20-10-2012 , 05:30 PM
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5 P4's? In my opinion, it's not worth it. The amount of power sucked by those things would way outweigh any processing power. A single core-2 will probably be much faster than the 5 combined.


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The money you'd spend on that could get you a single i7 system that would blow all those away.


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# 5 20-10-2012 , 10:50 PM
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Thanks

Thanks guys!
Maybe i'll reconsider the pc specs i want to use even if it finally has to be just 2 pcs.
Daverave, ur link was very helpful. Thanks.

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You could also use on-demand services as well. I've used Render Rocket, https://www.renderrocket.com/, many times. Your first few renders are free as well. (And free test renders)


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# 7 21-10-2012 , 06:48 PM
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NextDesign thanks for the link. I think its a reasonable option too. Never knew such services exist.

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Build a Render farm for yourself

I’m planing to build a render farm for myself and just find the render farm company in the UK . Here is some data from the website: https://www.modularcreation.com

"Six nodes with i7-4770 CPU

Idle noise: ~46-48 dB
Idle consumption: ~ 150 Wh
CPU's temperatures: ~ 25-30 °C

100% load noise : ~48-50 dB
100% load (rendering) consumption : ~ 650 Wh
100% load (rendering) CPU temperatures : ~ 65-70°C"

It doesn't look like a noisy system. They are selling cases too. user added image

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