First time building a pc. Looking for quick render times in render man.

[Tjomega2593]

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6MjGS

CPU: Intel i9 10900X 3.7GHz 10-Core Processor ($539.99)
CPU Cooler: DEEPCOOL Castle 360EX ($139.99)
Motherboard: MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon ATX LGA2066 ($249.95)
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080TI 11GB - Gigabyte Turbo ($1599.99)
GPU #2: Nvidia RTX 2080TI 11GB - Gigabyte Turbo ($1599.99)
GPU #3: Nvidia RTX 2080TI 11GB - Gigabyte Turbo ($1599.99)
Memory: 64GB (4 x 16GB) G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 C16 ($364.99)
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 Solid State Drive ($139.99)
Power Supply: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 1200W ATX 2.4 Power Supply ($755.99)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($123.99)
Total: $7114.86

 

[Alex Glawion]

Apart from the Denoiser, Renderman is not currently GPU accelerated as far as I know. So those 3 GPUs will not do much for you. Consider going the CPU Rendering route with a PC such as the following, which would grant you much higher Render speeds in Renderman:

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6MjKY

CPU: AMD Threadripper 3990X 2.9GHz 64-Core Processor ($4249.99)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ($89.95)
Motherboard: Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Extreme XL-ATX sTRX4 ($1132.08)
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8GB - MSI Ventus 2X OC ($879.99)
Memory: 128GB (8 x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-3200 C16 ($1139.00)
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 Solid State Drive ($257.10)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM750x 750W Power Supply ($134.99)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 780T ($486.99)
Total: $8370.09

 

[Tjomega2593]

Apart from the Denoiser, Renderman is not currently GPU accelerated as far as I know. So those 3 GPUs will not do much for you. Consider going the CPU Rendering route with a PC such as the following, which would grant you much higher Render speeds in Renderman:

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6MjKY

CPU: AMD Threadripper 3990X 2.9GHz 64-Core Processor ($4249.99)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ($89.95)
Motherboard: Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Extreme XL-ATX sTRX4 ($1132.08)
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8GB - MSI Ventus 2X OC ($879.99)
Memory: 128GB (8 x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-3200 C16 ($1139.00)
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 Solid State Drive ($257.10)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM750x 750W Power Supply ($134.99)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 780T ($486.99)
Total: $8370.09

How’s it going Alex? First off let me say thank yo get responding to this post! So if I’m going to render CPU I’m definitely going to want to bring down render times. So if I doubled my budget and built 2 of these Machines would that work to make it go faster or does it just render from one cpu? This is my first time going pc btw.

 

[Tjomega2593]

Apart from the Denoiser, Renderman is not currently GPU accelerated as far as I know. So those 3 GPUs will not do much for you. Consider going the CPU Rendering route with a PC such as the following, which would grant you much higher Render speeds in Renderman:

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6MjKY

CPU: AMD Threadripper 3990X 2.9GHz 64-Core Processor ($4249.99)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ($89.95)
Motherboard: Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Extreme XL-ATX sTRX4 ($1132.08)
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8GB - MSI Ventus 2X OC ($879.99)
Memory: 128GB (8 x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-3200 C16 ($1139.00)
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 Solid State Drive ($257.10)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM750x 750W Power Supply ($134.99)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 780T ($486.99)
Total: $8370.09

And how would I connect the machines? The motherboard or straight to the monitor?

 

[Alex Glawion]

That's the beauty of rendering: You can scale it almost indefinitely. With two similarly performing computers you'll have close to half the rendertime, yes. You can read our guide on building a renderfarm that has all the info you need on it:

How to Build your own Render Farm [Ultimate Guide]

You should build your own Render Farm. The benefits of having one are mind-boggling. Better efficiency, higher quality, ease-of-mind.

www.cgdirector.com

You can either just split up your frame-ranges and manually start the rendering on each pc (one pc renders e.g. 0-500 frames, the other 500-1000) or you use a renderfarm manager software such as thinkbox deadline which is free for up to two nodes. That handles everything on its own.