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Dell R710 or R720 for network blender rendering

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On 10/18/2018 at 7:43 AM, burntwaffles said:

I am looking at getting a refurbished dell server to use as a render machine for my blender projects.  The two choices that I am looking at is a dell R710 and R720.  A R710 can start around 300 to 400, a R720 starts at 500 to 600 depending where you look.   Is there that big of a difference between the compute power that justifies the major difference in price?  The max I am looking to spend would be around 500 to 750 for this project.

 

 Any opinions or ideas are welcome.

The newer E5-2600 Xeons in the R720 are much better performance wise and more power efficient. The older 5600 Xeons are still fine but what I'd suggest is getting a R720 as cheap as you can then buy the specific E5-2600 Xeon you want and replace the CPU, later you can then get another one for the second socket.

I am looking at getting a refurbished dell server to use as a render machine for my blender projects.  The two choices that I am looking at is a dell R710 and R720.  A R710 can start around 300 to 400, a R720 starts at 500 to 600 depending where you look.   Is there that big of a difference between the compute power that justifies the major difference in price?  The max I am looking to spend would be around 500 to 750 for this project.

 

 Any opinions or ideas are welcome.

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On 10/18/2018 at 7:43 AM, burntwaffles said:

I am looking at getting a refurbished dell server to use as a render machine for my blender projects.  The two choices that I am looking at is a dell R710 and R720.  A R710 can start around 300 to 400, a R720 starts at 500 to 600 depending where you look.   Is there that big of a difference between the compute power that justifies the major difference in price?  The max I am looking to spend would be around 500 to 750 for this project.

 

 Any opinions or ideas are welcome.

The newer E5-2600 Xeons in the R720 are much better performance wise and more power efficient. The older 5600 Xeons are still fine but what I'd suggest is getting a R720 as cheap as you can then buy the specific E5-2600 Xeon you want and replace the CPU, later you can then get another one for the second socket.

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Its well worth the difference, the 12th generation servers of Dell were a huge huge improvement over the 11th generation. Another minor benefit is the iDRAC7 vs iDRAC6 :) . Make sure to update to latest firmwares from the Dell support site when you get your new baby.

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