Please Help Young Turks Obtain a Computer | 19 comments (19 topical, 0 hidden)
Dito to building your own (none / 0)
I did some number crunching that I thought I would share.

An i7 965 would = 15,608.00 (cinibench score representing CPU power)
For the same cost of the i7, you can get 5 AMD Phenoms_2x4 940(over clocked) which would = 61,800 (Cinibench score)

Thats 4 times more processing power than the i7 at the same cost. Granted I havnt factored in the other parts required for a render farm, but still should come close to what one would spend for parts to build a high end workstation.

by Smokin on 07/22/2009 10:14:06 AM EST

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965? (none / 0)
The I7 920 is the obvious choice here, it had huge overclocking headroom and paired with an excellent $40 air cooler it can be overclocked to 4.0 gz+. It's the exact same processor as the I7 965, it's just factory clocked lower. And is 1/3 the cost.  

On the other hand the Phenom II 940 is killer at the price and Newegg has some fantastic combo deals on it right now. Pair it with a 275 GTX (for the CUDA app) and $800 will buy a killer video conversion/processing system.

 

by spigzone on 07/23/2009 10:49:12 PM EST

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Please Help Young Turks Obtain a Computer | 19 comments (19 topical, 0 hidden)