digilogs :
hi guys ,
I have company with 8 PCs working on 3D Max and i want to minimize the rendering time coz some animation rendering with 10min take 10days to render it ,
i need to make sarver that can use for rendering as farm for them so i dont know what best brand or hardware to use i have 10000$ estmated budget for it .
i want to minimize thos 10 days to 1day or less .
i found boxxtech but they are high in price .
i need to know also is GPU make different or ill just go to CPU ways ?
also can i use the pcs i have now with the server as big or share to minimize rendering time ?
digilogs,
I had the same situation with rendering taking all the time on the modeling computer. Just for reference I'm going to first suggest something unconventional.
To solve my situation I bought an obsolete Dell Precision and upgraded it. As compared to my HP z420 4-core E5-1620 3180 X 2140 Renderings (Vray /Sketch, AutoCad Arch, Solidworks native) typically went from 1 hour to about 12 minutes.
Purchased for $190 including shipping:
Dell Precision T5500 (2011) (
Original): Xeon E5620 quad core @ 2.4 / 2.6 GHz > 6GB DDR3 ECC Reg 1333 > Quadro FX 580 (512MB) > Dell PERC 6/i SAS /SATA controller > Seagate Cheetah 15K 146GB > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
[ Passmark system rating =
1479 / CPU = 4067 / 2D= 520 / 3D= 311 / Mem= 1473 / Disk= 1208]
And after spending approximately $850:
Dell Precision T5500 (2011)(
Revised) > 2X Xeon X5680 (6 -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC Reg. > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (27", 1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating =
3844 / CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3505 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)
And the turbo clock speed is actual fast enough for 3D modeling as well. Very fast rendering for $1,100. With $10,000 you could buy
8 of these- one dedicated to each modeling station. That would equal a total of 8X 12 cores / 24 threads for total of
96 Cores /
192 threads @ 3.47GHz.
A more modern version: For your application, with $10,000 you could buy and upgrade three or possible four Dell Precision T7610's by buying "barebones" systems for about $600-700 each. Then add dual Xeon E5-2600 v2 8-cores, perhaps the E5-2680 v2 which is 8-cores / 16 threads @ 2.9 /3.6Ghz. These are used about $700 each. Then you would have a total of 3X 16 core / 32 thread systems for a total of 48 cores / 96 threads dedicated rendering. If you upgrade 4 systems,that means also a generous distribution of a rendering system for every two of the 8- 3ds modeling nodes on the network. The rendering queue time would be very short. And having redundant systems means that t or three systems would be still available if there was a problem.
If however, the idea of used components does not appeal:
BambiBoom PixelCannon Animarendergrapharific iWork TurboSignature Extreme RenderBlaster 9900 ®©$$™®£™©™ _ 2.3.16
Case /Motherboard /Power supply/ CPU coolers : Supermicro SuperWorkstation SYS-7038A-I Dual LGA2011 / Suprmicro X10DA / 900W Mid-Tower Workstation Barebone System (Black) > $720
http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/tower/7038/SYS-7038A-i.cfm
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=SY-7038AI
CPU: (2) Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 Haswell 2.6 /3.5GHz 12-core / 12 x 256KB L2 Cache 30 MB L3 Cache LGA 2011-3 135W BX80644E52690V3 Server Processor > $4,300 ($2,150 each)
http://ark.intel.com/products/81713/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2690-v3-30M-Cache-2_60-GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117474&cm_re=E5-2690-v3-_-19-117-474-_-Product
Memory: 128GB (8x 16GB) Samsung DDR4-2133 8GB/1Gx72 ECC/REG CL15 Server Memory > $1,600 ($200ea.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5EM3KB7224&cm_re=Samsung_DDR4-2133_unbuffered-_-9SIA5EM3KB7224-_-Product
GPU: PNY Quadro K2200 VCQK2200-PB 4GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Plug-in Card Workstation Video Card > $430
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133559&cm_re=quadro_K2200-_-14-133-559-_-Product
RAID Controller : LSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 9260-4i 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 w/ 512MB onboard memory RAID Controller Card, Kit--Avago Technologies > $280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118107&cm_re=LSI_megaraid-_-16-118-107-_-Product
Disk 1: Intel 750 Series HHHL (CEM2.0) 400GB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEDMW400G4R5 > $320.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167300&cm_re=intel_750_nvme-_-20-167-300-_-Product
Disks 2, 3, and 4: Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST4000NM0033 4TB 7200 RPM
128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive > $630 ($210 ea.) (RAID 5)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W021H6289&cm_re=Seagate_Constellation_ES.3-_-22-178-307-_-Product
Optical Disk: SAMSUNG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-224DB/BEBE - OEM > $18
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151266
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit English (1-Pack), OEM > $139.
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MSFQC08289
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TOTAL = $8117
Of course, the specification can be increased, a GPU having more CUDA cores as co-processors- I recommend a Quadro M4000 (8GB) and refined disk configuration, for example using the 1.2TB Intel 750, but I believe this is the basis of a system that can produce renderings at a satisfactory performance.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
Modeling:
1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555] [Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15
Pending upgrade: HP /LSI 9212-4i PCIe SAS /SATA HBA RAID controller, 2X Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB (RAID 1)
Rendering:
2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) > 2X Xeon X5680 (6 -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC Reg. > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (27", 1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3844 / CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3500 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)