Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
An independent researcher who quit a FAANG job built a custom GPU server with six RTX 6000 Ada GPUs for $48,000. After over a year of use, he has saved about $17,000 compared to cloud rental, though utilization averaged 76% — lower than expected. He emphasizes that the real goal was not financial savings but building something cool and achieving a research breakthrough.
Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
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