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A Nvidia Tesla P40 datacenter GPU with its passive heatsink exposed and no cooling fan attached

that $150 datacenter GPU won't just plug in and work — here's what it actually takes

MI50s and P40s are cheap because they were built for server racks, not your desk, and the gap between cheap and working is where most people give up

Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 6 min

AMD Instinct MI50 datacenter GPU, used for budget local AI builds

Hardware

a $150 datacenter GPU has more VRAM than a $2,000 Nvidia card — here's the real catch

The AMD Instinct MI50 32GB sells used for $120-250 with more VRAM and bandwidth than most 2026 consumer cards. AMD just made owning one a lot riskier.

Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 7 min

Nvidia Tesla V100 data-center GPU accelerator card

Hardware

someone bolted a $266 Nvidia server GPU to their gaming PC. it's loud as a lawnmower — and it works

A used Tesla V100 and a $50 adapter got one builder to 32GB of VRAM for $266 total — here's the honest math on whether you should copy them.

Ravi Malhotra · Jul 31 · 7 min