https://rosmine.ai/2026/05/13/was-my-48k-gpu-worth-it/
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Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
In 2024 I quit my FAANG job to become an independent researcher. To do this I needed GPUs, so I built "grumbl", a 6x 6000 Ada GPU server. This blog describes the build, some of the issues I faced, and answers the question "was it worth it to build the server myself, or should I…
Rosmine ML Blog (rosmine.ai)
"help I quit my FAANG job and then spent 50k USD on GPUs someone help me with finances my family is starving"
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Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
In 2024 I quit my FAANG job to become an independent researcher. To do this I needed GPUs, so I built "grumbl", a 6x 6000 Ada GPU server. This blog describes the build, some of the issues I faced, and answers the question "was it worth it to build the server myself, or should I…
Rosmine ML Blog (rosmine.ai)
"help I quit my FAANG job and then spent 50k USD on GPUs someone help me with finances my family is starving"
> Because of this I got a motherboard with slow GPU interconnect. It’s good for running many small experiments in parallel (which is my main use case) but horrible for any models split across gpus.
You spent $50k and your thing can't even actually make proper use of the GPUs you spent an approximate average US person's salary on?
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Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
In 2024 I quit my FAANG job to become an independent researcher. To do this I needed GPUs, so I built "grumbl", a 6x 6000 Ada GPU server. This blog describes the build, some of the issues I faced, and answers the question "was it worth it to build the server myself, or should I…
Rosmine ML Blog (rosmine.ai)
"help I quit my FAANG job and then spent 50k USD on GPUs someone help me with finances my family is starving"
@cwebber Would you send a DM?
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Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
In 2024 I quit my FAANG job to become an independent researcher. To do this I needed GPUs, so I built "grumbl", a 6x 6000 Ada GPU server. This blog describes the build, some of the issues I faced, and answers the question "was it worth it to build the server myself, or should I…
Rosmine ML Blog (rosmine.ai)
"help I quit my FAANG job and then spent 50k USD on GPUs someone help me with finances my family is starving"
@cwebber The last GPU I bought was a GTX 1060 back in 2017. How many AIs can I run on that?
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> Because of this I got a motherboard with slow GPU interconnect. It’s good for running many small experiments in parallel (which is my main use case) but horrible for any models split across gpus.
You spent $50k and your thing can't even actually make proper use of the GPUs you spent an approximate average US person's salary on?
@cwebber “Ironically, after designing the entire build around apartment power constraints, I ended up moving grumbl to my parents’ basement, where I could upgrade the circuits anyway.”
Between this dumbass and the one that sunk his cyber truck in a lake in purpose to test its wade mode, I’m convinced God gives too much money to utter jackasses and I don’t know why.
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> Because of this I got a motherboard with slow GPU interconnect. It’s good for running many small experiments in parallel (which is my main use case) but horrible for any models split across gpus.
You spent $50k and your thing can't even actually make proper use of the GPUs you spent an approximate average US person's salary on?
@cwebber lol: “… I ended up moving grumbl to my parents’ basement, where I could upgrade the circuits anyway.”
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> Because of this I got a motherboard with slow GPU interconnect. It’s good for running many small experiments in parallel (which is my main use case) but horrible for any models split across gpus.
You spent $50k and your thing can't even actually make proper use of the GPUs you spent an approximate average US person's salary on?
@cwebber@social.coop the motherboard isn't really the expensive part is it?
Source: person who buys the cheapest motherboard possible for his builds
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