Macmini Render Farm

Compositing
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Seeing how a network render isn't as taxing on a network as it is on a proc, does a MacMini render farm make sense?

My initial reaction is "no" because of the lack of gigabit & a G5 processor. However, seeing how I can get 4 G4 procs for close to the same price as 2 G5 procs, is it a viable option.

Is it more beneficial to have twice as many slower procs vs. half as many faster? I'm rendering SD & 2K sequences.

Cheers!

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I/O speed is the most important for rendering a comp and the mac min strikes out in both network and hard drive speed(uses a laptop hd running either 4200 or 5400 rpm).