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! 
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Hahahah… I didnt catch that – but the ikea case is all kinds of awesome.
“on the GGP blog” link 404s.
Strange worked the 2nd time.
The IKEA cabinet is HELMER http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40107872 and is AU$99