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Was there any reason you didn't use two 8-core desktops, for example?

• dannyw 3y ago
  1. Good luck buying 8-core desktops for $125 ea. 2. It's not easy to parallelise video rendering (not just encoding) across two machines.
  • RecycledEle 3y ago
    How about $114 for a workstation? https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=z440+workstation+hp+-barebone+-barebones+-no&_sacat=179&_odkw=z440+workstation+hp+-barebone+-barebones&_osacat=179&_sop=15 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=z440+workstat... (sorry for the long URL, it was necessary) https://www.amazon.com/s?k=z440+hp+workstation&s=price-asc-rank https://www.amazon.com/s?k=z440+hp+workstation&s=price-asc-r...
    • squeaky-clean 3y ago
      Well they did mention this was in 2012
      • RecycledEle 3y ago
        Thank You. I missed that.
• tombert 3y ago
  In that particular time, I couldn't find any kind of computers for cheap that had those parameters. Servers were cheap and easy as long as I wore headphones and was vigilant about turning them off when I wasn't using them.