Consumer Grade Render Farm

[Sir Matrix]

Hello to all,

 

The wife and I are looking for recommendations for a decently priced render farm that i wanted to build from scratch. I'm stuck on a couple of things. CPU being one of them. The other is whether or not i should us a 2u based server or just a generic computer case. Maybe even a small form factor case. I'm here reaching out to see any ideas from the other forum users here.

[Jurrunio]

depends on software, GPU or CPU could be biased towards or even both.

 

but dont use a server rack for no good reason, that's going to make finding parts that fit a lot more troublesome.

[Electronics Wizardy]

What programs? 

 

What budget?

 

CPU or GPU?

 

Id stay away from 2u diy, go with a used server, normally better cpu rendering for the dollar aswell.

 

Also this will chug power if you use it a lot.

 

Id get one fast system if you can. 

 

Also look at renting a render farm if you don't need to render often, probably much cheaper in the long run.

[Sir Matrix]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

depends on software, GPU or CPU could be biased towards or even both.

 

but dont use a server rack for no good reason, that's going to make finding parts that fit a lot more troublesome.

I wanted to use the newer ryzen cores. Mainly the 3700x with a 1080ti for Adobe media encoder. Just don't know if it is worth it to use the newer stuff or use some older type equipment.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Sir Matrix said:

I wanted to use the newer ryzen cores. Mainly the 3700x with a 1080ti for Adobe media encoder. Just don't know if it is worth it to use the newer stuff or use some older type equipment.

adobe media encoder doesn't cluster that well, so get a single faster system, but depends on exact workload.

 

For adobe, you normally want newer stuff, ryzen 3000 is pretty good. Gpu is probably overkill, and 3900x would be a better way to spend money, but depends on task.

[Sir Matrix]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

adobe media encoder doesn't cluster that well, so get a single faster system, but depends on exact workload.

 

For adobe, you normally want newer stuff, ryzen 3000 is pretty good. Gpu is probably overkill, and 3900x would be a better way to spend money, but depends on task.

For rendering out 4k 60fps hdr.  On the desktop i am currently using. It takes about 8 hours for a 20 minute video. Between my wife and I. We pump out usually 2-4 videos all together.

[Electronics Wizardy]

39 minutes ago, Sir Matrix said:

For rendering out 4k 60fps hdr.  On the desktop i am currently using. It takes about 8 hours for a 20 minute video. Between my wife and I. We pump out usually 2-4 videos all together.

what desktop specs?

 

Id really try to get the 3900x as its a reasonble speed increase and not that much more.

 

What output format, what settings, effects?

[Sir Matrix]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

what desktop specs?

 

Id really try to get the 3900x as its a reasonble speed increase and not that much more.

 

What output format, what settings, effects?

Desktop Specs:

Mother Board: MSI x470 Performance Gaming

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x OC to 4.1 Ghz

GPU: Msi Duke 2070 RTX

Memory: G.Skill TridentZ  32GB kit running at 3000mhz

The output is HEVC, 4k 50FPS, HDR.

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Sir Matrix said:

Desktop Specs:

Mother Board: MSI x470 Performance Gaming

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x OC to 4.1 Ghz

GPU: Msi Duke 2070 RTX

Memory: G.Skill TridentZ  32GB kit running at 3000mhz

The output is HEVC, 4k 50FPS, HDR.

HEVC will kill output times, so Try to use hardware encoding if you can. Here is a plugin that lets you use the encoder on your gpu. https://www.voukoder.org/

 

Go for a 3900x, or faster if you can afford it.