I bought a datacenter GPU that doesn't fit in a normal motherboard, macgyvered the fan with jumper wires, and now I'm running a model that ties with Claude Sonnet 4.6 on benchmarks, all for £200.
V100s are ancient in a market obsessed with the very very latest.
The datacenters are unlikely to bother directly with eBay, but they have asset recovery companies that will take the stuff off their hands and seek buyers, including over eBay.
I know that and I use that. But recently market for switches and servers dried up. I thought they were shredding DC GPUs too. Most of them die after 3-5 years anyway.
I never expected used DC GPUs would make it to eBay.
V100s are ancient in a market obsessed with the very very latest.
The datacenters are unlikely to bother directly with eBay, but they have asset recovery companies that will take the stuff off their hands and seek buyers, including over eBay.
Hmm, there are some AMD Instict listings on ebay, after all.
Lots of used DC gear makes it to eBay. This is how homelabbers survive.
I know that and I use that. But recently market for switches and servers dried up. I thought they were shredding DC GPUs too. Most of them die after 3-5 years anyway.