I did this post up on the GGP blog a few minutes ago, but I wanted to pass it along to everyone here too in case (gasp!) you’re not a GGP subscriber [rss]. A guy put together a six-node render farm using nothing but raw components and a special diy case using… wait for it… wait for it… an Ikea cabinet.
This thing is a beast. 24 CPU Cores and 48GB of memory sure beats the hell out of the server I was planning to put in my basement. I ran the numbers on the components he used and it looks like it would cost about C$6500.00. Of that the funky Ikea case is less than 1% of the total. Pretty spanky! 
4 responses so far ↓
1 Darren // May 24, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Hahahah… I didnt catch that - but the ikea case is all kinds of awesome.
2 Lloyd Budd // Jun 6, 2008 at 10:05 pm
“on the GGP blog” link 404s.
3 Lloyd Budd // Jun 6, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Strange worked the 2nd time.
4 Cait // Jun 14, 2008 at 7:54 pm
The IKEA cabinet is HELMER http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40107872 and is AU$99
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