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The spark also has 128GB VRAM (same type) and by recently I mean I bought them last week for $3999 each.

cyanydeez 3mo ago
yeah, so $500 spread https://www.microcenter.com/product/699008/nvidia-dgx-spark https://www.microcenter.com/product/699008/nvidia-dgx-spark is what the current price appears to be. The differences are basically, sparks require ARM and sparks allow interconnects; so if you do have dreams of electric sheep to chain them together, you're not gonna get the AMD halo units. But if you just want to putz around with a dev machine and do other things, not sure you'd want a spark.
- nightski 3mo ago
  They had it on sale last week for $3999, it will likely happen again. Also if you are willing to buy ASUS/Acer/MSI you can get them cheaper, in the same range as well. Those units are identical (mainboard/ram/chipset/connectivity), they only tend to differ in SSD being offered.
  - verdverm 3mo ago
    The more beneficial difference between DGX and OEM Spark is in cooling. DGX has had cooling issue based on user reports.
    - nightski 3mo ago
      Only Asus from what I have seen. Acer/Dell units seem to run cooler than the Nvidia unit, by a noticeable margin. That said I bought the OEM units for the Gen 5 4TB SSD and the fact that it was on sale.
      - verdverm 3mo ago
        I have ASUS and no thermal issues, not sure if that is what you meant, ambiguity
        cmrdporcupine 3mo ago
        Same here, no issue at all with my ASUS Spark-thing. And back when I was selecting this, I watched a whole video that broke them all down by thermal mgmt and there wasn't anything wrong with the ASUS. I do wish didn't buy the one that only had the 1TB nVME in it though. It's one of those expensive half-sized dealies, which makes upgrading expensive. Esp now.
        verdverm 3mo ago
        I bought the 1T and then did it again. I don't see the need for more sad on a vllm server, I have dozens of models and quant in that space. If I need more for data, I intend to plug in an old 4T HDD

yeah, so $500 spread https://www.microcenter.com/product/699008/nvidia-dgx-spark https://www.microcenter.com/product/699008/nvidia-dgx-spark is what the current price appears to be. The differences are basically, sparks require ARM and sparks allow interconnects; so if you do have dreams of electric sheep to chain them together, you're not gonna get the AMD halo units. But if you just want to putz around with a dev machine and do other things, not sure you'd want a spark.

nightski 3mo ago
They had it on sale last week for $3999, it will likely happen again. Also if you are willing to buy ASUS/Acer/MSI you can get them cheaper, in the same range as well. Those units are identical (mainboard/ram/chipset/connectivity), they only tend to differ in SSD being offered.
- verdverm 3mo ago
  The more beneficial difference between DGX and OEM Spark is in cooling. DGX has had cooling issue based on user reports.
  - nightski 3mo ago
    Only Asus from what I have seen. Acer/Dell units seem to run cooler than the Nvidia unit, by a noticeable margin. That said I bought the OEM units for the Gen 5 4TB SSD and the fact that it was on sale.
    - verdverm 3mo ago
      I have ASUS and no thermal issues, not sure if that is what you meant, ambiguity
      - cmrdporcupine 3mo ago
        Same here, no issue at all with my ASUS Spark-thing. And back when I was selecting this, I watched a whole video that broke them all down by thermal mgmt and there wasn't anything wrong with the ASUS. I do wish didn't buy the one that only had the 1TB nVME in it though. It's one of those expensive half-sized dealies, which makes upgrading expensive. Esp now.
        verdverm 3mo ago
        I bought the 1T and then did it again. I don't see the need for more sad on a vllm server, I have dozens of models and quant in that space. If I need more for data, I intend to plug in an old 4T HDD