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Look into buying a used Dell c410x GPU chassis (they are $200 on my local CraigsList) and a Dell R720. Then add some cheap GPUs. For a few thousand dollars you
by RecycledEle 2y ago
Look into buying a used Dell c410x GPU chassis (they are $200 on my local CraigsList) and a Dell R720. Then add some cheap GPUs.
For a few thousand dollars you might get some processing power.
But you will never be able to pay your electric bill.
- luussta 2y agothanks!
- thijson 2y agoIs there a cheap GPU you suggest? I was looking at NVidia P40's as they have 24 GB of ram, and cost a few hundred dollars.
- NBJack 2y agoYes, just ensure you can keep them cool. I have an old m40 that opened up my options with 24GB of VRAM, installed on a traditional case with a 3d printed cooler adapter + fan. While it isn't always fun getting older cards to work, it is certainly viable (and scalable if needed).
- gperkins978 2y agoI was going to recommend an A100, but they are not available cheaply anymore. I set someone up with two of them I managed to score from Amazon for like $400 each, but used. They had 40gb RAM, but it was HBM and super fast. There were mining cards based off of these as well, but I have no idea what was stripped down to make them cheaper. The only issue is that you need to heat sink them if they are not going in a server, and in a rack-mounted server, there needs to be proper cooling (big dog fans). But I just looked again, and A100's are not around at reasonable prices anymore. I cannot even find the old mining equivalents (they used to be everywhere, and CHEAP). Perhaps many people are building similar systems now. After the Ether merge it was a great time to build.