Not OP, but I asked myself that same question two years ago. Then I looked at the energy prices in Germany and knew I had no chance against cloud GPUs. Maybe yo

Not OP, but I asked myself that same question two years ago. Then I looked at the energy prices in Germany and knew I had no chance against cloud GPUs. Maybe you live in a country with lower energy prices, like Bermuda (or any other country on earth), in which case this may not be as important to you. A side benefit of going cloud that you can pick and choose the right GPU for whatever project you’re working on, and you’re really just paying while you’re running them. Also, no hardware or Cuda drivers that may divert your attention.