I am planning to create a small render farm at home (cpu based):
Which of these 2 setups will be good for blender animations render farm
Setup 1:
2 x 12 core AMD opteron processors
MBD-H8DG6-F-O E-ATX Super Micro dual socket mother board
HAF912 COOLER MASTER CABINET
corsair liquid cooler for each processor
Corsair RMi SeriesTM RM850i - 850 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully Modular PSU with Corsair Link Digital
1 TB internal hard disk
4 x 8 GB = 16 GB DDR3 RAM for each processor
SETUP 2:
Provided I cannot find 12 core AMD processors in my city or even a server board, than this
4 x AMD FX 8320 (8 core) processor
4 x Gigabyte motherboard supporting the AMD processors
4 x HAF912 COOLER MASTER CABINET ( maybe a bit smaller version but which allows cpu liquid cooling)
corsair liquid cooler for each processor
4 x cooler master 700 watt PSU
8 GB RAM DDR3 for each processor.
The second set-up might cost me more but at least if one of the cpu causes some problem, I can continue rendering with the other 3.
Though I am not sure buying low end AMD processors will give me less or more rendering scenes/efficiency?.
Any suggestions?
Do not wish to go the Intel route though, I cannot find even one processor above 6 core ( 12 threads) in my country and I can buy 4 above 8 core AMD processors for the price of one 6 core Intel.