OCTower

[t_3]

...this is more a DYI WIP than an octane render WIP, but the latter too.
early stages (concept wise and render wise) of an overclocked octa-gpu octanerender tower i'm going to build over the winter.

it'll sport 8 3gb msi lightning extreme cards (each with at least 75% performance of a standard gtx 590).
two 1800 watt power supplies, a msi big bang marshal board width a i7 2600k cpu (watercooled) and 16gb ram.
the mechanical concept should allow every heating component breathing lots of fresh air,
while maintaining a still compact size (footprint will be 36x24cm, 72cm tall);
also it will be possible to swap cards really easy to upgrade the box.
an extra benefit should be, that it could be used as an oven during winter...

[bepeg4d]

envy for your nvidia tower
ciao beppe

[cornel]

this will cause the city´s next blackout! I´m sure.

[Jaberwocky]

Next thing you know , he'll be asking pixar if they have any feature films coming up that they would like rendered.

[t_3]

Next thing you know , he'll be asking pixar if they have any feature films coming up that they would like rendered.

i'd like better if they order around 150 such towers, so i can quit my daytime job

[face]

Next thing you know , he'll be asking pixar if they have any feature films coming up that they would like rendered.

i'd like better if they order around 150 such towers, so i can quit my daytime job

For that, a quadro6000 rig would be better

face

[t_3]

Next thing you know , he'll be asking pixar if they have any feature films coming up that they would like rendered.

i'd like better if they order around 150 such towers, so i can quit my daytime job

For that, a quadro6000 rig would be better

face

...well, i'm a modest guy

[Refracty]

Cool, you had the same idea with the riser cables
I hope this tower will come to 'live' soon.

[afecelis]

droooooooooling!
What are the price numbers for something like this? BTW, the concept render looks nice.
BTW2, have you met helmer?
http://helmer.sfe.se/
Though its more cpu-power oriented, it's always an interesting read.

[t_3]

droooooooooling!
What are the price numbers for something like this? BTW, the concept render looks nice.
BTW2, have you met helmer?
http://helmer.sfe.se/
Though its more cpu-power oriented, it's always an interesting read.

...putting a cpu cluster into an ikea drawer is freaky2themax

but as i started with luxrender into unbiased rendering, i already have some boxes for network rendering btw built with this case http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.p ... 1&area=usa which has a very good airflow and allows a nice line-up of a few boxes side by side. it'll even take 1 or 2 gpus while still maintaining fair temperatures.

the components for my gpu-tower will be around 6k euro (with taxes), and i hope another 1k will make me the "case", including (external) material processing, laser cutting, whatsoever...