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CardJoe · 2nd Oct 2008, 13:03

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10...-render-farm/1

Designer Frederik Perman and Michael Stabile show off their zero-footprint wall-mounted six-PC server farm located in the offices of Pacific Design & Manufacturing.

p3n · 2nd Oct 2008, 13:15

"and takes zero floorspace."

Unless your 3ft tall, in the interest of the internet im going to disagree!

Nexxo · 2nd Oct 2008, 16:06

0% floor space; 100% tasty.

Cheapskate · 2nd Oct 2008, 16:17

Well, unless you're Jet Li, at least you will never kick it p3n.

ParaHelix.org · 2nd Oct 2008, 16:49

It looks like a very inventive work of art, it isn’t most days you see a computer good enough to stick on a wall and for it to be appreciated. Pretty please get water cooling tubes sticking out of it (lol).

[WP@]WOLVERINE · 2nd Oct 2008, 17:35

looking at this from a modders point of view im really not impressed at all. This could have been done ALOT better. First of all the total lack of cable management and the odd generic psus look like absolute crap. The idea is very cool but the execution truly sucks. Hey look at me ive nailed a bunch of parts to a plank and stuck some acrylic on top and finished it off with 6000 ccfls. THanks but no thanks.

pendragon · 2nd Oct 2008, 18:01

i like it

HourBeforeDawn · 2nd Oct 2008, 18:50

I dont care for all that blue but the idea is awesome

Yemerich · 2nd Oct 2008, 19:47

well.. its a mod, no doubt. But, why would someone put a rendering farm in a living room? This living room will NEVER get cold!

As wolverine said it could be a lot better. But i liked the idea. Even if its not really a very original idea.

EDIT: Hmmm it's a reception area, not a living room. And this 15 inch monitor only shows the progress of renderings. So it is a nice idea after all. Still needs a better design thou

CowBlazed · 2nd Oct 2008, 20:43

Give em a break, all bashing this I'd like to see your wall mounted farm. I think it looks great, with the little access station on the side too like somethin "from the future".

And now the obligatory... but can it play CRYSIS?? lol

Jojii · 2nd Oct 2008, 21:53

All i see is grey power supplies and random metal in the close up pics but I like that he put the effort in to make it all come together.

r4tch3t · 3rd Oct 2008, 04:53

Stumbled across this a couple days back. Interesting idea, but my first though was, eugh badly done. Sure it looks nice from afar, but under any kind of close inspection and it totally pales in comparison to the legendary scope and beauty of the mods that go through this site. I also would have thought they would connect them so that they are accessible through the network, why use a KVM?
I think it's a challenge to a bit modder to create something much more stylish. It does not need to be six PCs, just a wall mounted thing that looks better to show them what it could have been.

Good going to them anyways.

crompers · 4th Oct 2008, 23:33

"Pentium Dual Cores" - that thing is going to be hotter than the sun, stick some Q6600's in it for christs sake you could even down-clock them and undervolt to save on heat and get a gazillion times the performance.

a good idea badly executed imo

Icy EyeG · 5th Oct 2008, 00:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by crompers

"Pentium Dual Cores" - that thing is going to be hotter than the sun, stick some Q6600's in it for christs sake you could even down-clock them and undervolt to save on heat and get a gazillion times the performance.

a good idea badly executed imo

Not to mention that I bet those "Pentium Dual Cores" are really Pentium D processors.

crompers · 5th Oct 2008, 21:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icy EyeG

Quote:

Originally Posted by crompers

"Pentium Dual Cores" - that thing is going to be hotter than the sun, stick some Q6600's in it for christs sake you could even down-clock them and undervolt to save on heat and get a gazillion times the performance.

a good idea badly executed imo

Not to mention that I bet those "Pentium Dual Cores" are really Pentium D processors.

correct sir

2nd Oct 2008, 13:03	#1
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2nd Oct 2008, 13:15	#2
p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 731	"and takes zero floorspace." Unless your 3ft tall, in the interest of the internet im going to disagree!

2nd Oct 2008, 16:49	#5
ParaHelix.org Supermodder Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 270	It looks like a very inventive work of art, it isn’t most days you see a computer good enough to stick on a wall and for it to be appreciated. Pretty please get water cooling tubes sticking out of it (lol).

2nd Oct 2008, 18:50	#8
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2nd Oct 2008, 19:47	#9
Yemerich What's a rebimboca da parafuseta? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil Posts: 712	well.. its a mod, no doubt. But, why would someone put a rendering farm in a living room? This living room will NEVER get cold! As wolverine said it could be a lot better. But i liked the idea. Even if its not really a very original idea. EDIT: Hmmm it's a reception area, not a living room. And this 15 inch monitor only shows the progress of renderings. So it is a nice idea after all. Still needs a better design thou __________________ Bit Tech is more than games and hardware - check out the mods too. Don't let modding die in Bit-Tech.net.

2nd Oct 2008, 20:43	#10
CowBlazed Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 110	Give em a break, all bashing this I'd like to see your wall mounted farm. I think it looks great, with the little access station on the side too like somethin "from the future". And now the obligatory... but can it play CRYSIS?? lol

2nd Oct 2008, 21:53	#11
Jojii hardware freak Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nevada, USA Posts: 121	All i see is grey power supplies and random metal in the close up pics but I like that he put the effort in to make it all come together. Last edited by Jojii; 2nd Oct 2008 at 21:54. Reason: spellin skillz

3rd Oct 2008, 04:53	#12
r4tch3t hmmmm.... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,882	Stumbled across this a couple days back. Interesting idea, but my first though was, eugh badly done. Sure it looks nice from afar, but under any kind of close inspection and it totally pales in comparison to the legendary scope and beauty of the mods that go through this site. I also would have thought they would connect them so that they are accessible through the network, why use a KVM? I think it's a challenge to a bit modder to create something much more stylish. It does not need to be six PCs, just a wall mounted thing that looks better to show them what it could have been. Good going to them anyways. __________________ Fight my Brute The quantum limit of reality might be scaled up because we're all holograms. Obviously. Once more we see that sufficiently advanced physics is indistinguishable from getting really stoned. From here

4th Oct 2008, 23:33	#13
crompers Dremedial Join Date: May 2008 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 1,216	"Pentium Dual Cores" - that thing is going to be hotter than the sun, stick some Q6600's in it for christs sake you could even down-clock them and undervolt to save on heat and get a gazillion times the performance. a good idea badly executed imo