"Building" the ultimate vray computer

[3dvizual]

Hi.

I am a little confused about all the different graphics cards, geforce, quadro, tesla etc. on the market and what works the best.

I would like to buy a computer which render really fast. I have thought about buying Boxx renderpro's, but I maybe think it is better for me to buy a strong desktop version instead, so you still can use this as a work machine.

I use some GPU rendering, but mostly I use the normal CPU rendering, because I use many plugins which will not show up in the GPU render.

What machine and what configuration would be the ultimate.?? (2tesla card and 1 quadro... or......??) I have no idea my self.

[joconnell]

Graphics cards wise max doesn't really take full advantage of them historically so a good geforce is brilliant for price / performance. A quadro will be a faster card, but can be three times the price which would be better spent on having a second small render node.

[3dvizual]

I like to buy some good quality computers with a lot CPU power. I have thought about Boxx 8900, Dell T7600, Or HP Z820.

So what to prefer if you wan't speeeeeeeddd.....

I can see the prices for 1 renderpro with dual processor is the same as a good desktop computer with dual processor, so that is why I am thinking about a desktop computer instead.

[joconnell]

Yep - one of the posters on here built a computer with a second computer in the same case! So he had a single box for maybe €4000 with two 3930k cpu's I think? Pretty damn fast . I'd say a workstation machine with a good geforce, a 3930k, ssd and 32gigs of ram minimum which should be around 1500, then a second tiny pc with built in graphics, a tiny hd, and another 3930k and 32 gigs of ram. Use it as a DR or network rendering slave!

[3dvizual]

I don't think I am much into building my own machine. I rather prefer paying some more to get a good testet machine with good service.

[joconnell]

Which country do you live in? Any of the manufacturers come with a pretty high price so you might have a smaller custom pc builder nearby that could do something for you!

[3dvizual]

Denmark. I will try looking for this. Thanks.

[glorybound]

I built 4 i7's with 12Gb of ram each, for about $5,000.00, several years ago. I use these as my render farm

[3dvizual]

Yes but the space...

It takes up to much space in the office...

[3dvizual]

what about these ones. Would these be good.?

These are small and with i7. http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-x51/pd.aspx

[joconnell]

Not enough ram (8 gigs max). For a workstation try www.hardwareversand.de - something like http://lb.hardwareversand.de/Intel/5...Bit%29.article and get them to upgrade it to a 3930k and 32gigs of ram.

[3dvizual]

OK. I can see it looks like a powerful renderslave. What are the most importing things for a renderslave. Ram, Processor, graphiccard, ssd other things.? (Minimum requirements for a good slave)

[joconnell]

Only ram and CPU.

[glorybound]

I saw this last night

http://www.evermotion.org/tutorials/...puter-graphics

[3dvizual]

Thanks for the link. It explains so much..

I have seen a danish computer with 2 processors and with i Intel XEON E5-2650 2,0GHz 20MB cache (16 cores) and 64 Gb ram

For around: 5800$. That is much cheaper than buying a Dell T7600 or HP Z820. With same specs. Problably some quality differences, but are they worth the difference.?

See here: http://www.mm-vision.dk/produkter/vi...&type=pcsystem