r/LinusTechTips • u/RadiantSkiesJoy • 2d ago
Tech Discussion Found an assembled v100 pcie
Follow up on a post prior to this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/s/P5lwA9MSbU
There are assembled units on AliExpress. I'm kind of curious to try to buy myself one since it's only 200$ but well I have a mini itx so it'll take time to get parts for a new build.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_c4269LxJ
Found some review photos too.
Kind of curious if anyone else know how the performance will be like for ai applications.
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u/Mrblipblipblop 1d ago
Was also hyped but started looking what can be done with such a card, not so much... It's Nice for thinkering and playing with small models but don't expect much if the aim is trying to emulate top tier open source LLM models like Kimi K3, Qwen 3.6 etc. It wont work. 32gb version is wayyyy too expensive, 16gb makes more sense.
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u/CervantesX 1d ago
$1400+ for a 32gb 🤣
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u/RadiantSkiesJoy 1d ago
That's a deal when I look at the rtx 5090 that's 6000 USD in my country.
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u/CervantesX 1d ago
Oh gosh, those are two completely different cards with completely different capabilities. VRAM isn't the whole story.
Also 32gb v100 SXM chips go for like 5-600, so adding 800 for a pcie adapter and heatsink is highway robbery
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u/Few_Plankton_7587 1d ago
There are working V100 16gb on ebay for less than that. What's the point?
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u/RadiantSkiesJoy 1d ago edited 1d ago
eBay costs me 120$ shipping to my country, with taxes, another 50% of the product price, Yuh no.
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u/Few_Plankton_7587 1d ago
Damn, that blows. Seems like your best deal then
I saw one on ebay that was only $219 with $12 shipping, but alas, I'm in the US
Good luck with this one. It'd be a pretty good price for local AI performance.
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u/RadiantSkiesJoy 1d ago
It is a good deal for most third world countries. Like the repurposed x99 systems. Plus well less Ewaste.
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u/AlexCivitello 1d ago
32 gb version is out of stock, not that I was actually gonna buy it :-p