An Old GPU Mining Rig With 9 GPUs Sporting 54GB VRAM Is An LLM User’s Dream; Buyer Purchased Hardware At A Throwaway Figure By Negotiating The Price Down To $35

The end of the GPU mining fever actually turned out to be one of the best purchases for a bargain hunter, who stumbled upon a rig loaded with nine GPUs on Avito, the Russian version of eBay or Craigslist. The cards were P106 GPUs featuring 6GB of VRAM each, which are pretty much the mining-specific versions of the forgotten GTX 1060. Totaling 54GB VRAM, the buyer successfully wiggled the price from 5,000 rubles ($60) to 3,000 rubles, or $35, making it quite a deal, especially if you want to transition from GPU mining to running local AI. GPU mining rigs […]

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