Well all the parts from render machine #1 have been shipped, as well as some extras for my workstation, and I should be putting together/testing the first render machine Monday or Tuesday at the earliest. A few hours after I ordered everything from newegg, the fine folks over at http://www.overclock.net/ showed me the build I had originally thought up, but could not find the parts too. It turns out that that build, which is 2U, is cheaper than my 3U build…The only downside is that the mobo can only take 4 gigs of ram…Regardless, next go-around I will probobly get that 2U…
Heres the build:
Athena Power 2U Rackmount – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811192045
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813128078
pqi TURBO 4GB DDR2800 – http://www.newegg.com/Product
EXCELSTOR Jupiter Series 80GB SATA – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822210003
ASUS Black 16X DVD-ROM – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135151
/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820141366
Dynatron 77mm CPU Cooler – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16835114066
Anyways, again microcenter has the boxed processor cheaper, so I will save $20 or so more there…As you can see that mobo has integrated graphics saving me a bit…Will update you with Renderfarm Part 2.0.1 when I start assembly!