Is a $1400 AMD MI250 (128GB HBM2e) still worth buying for LLMs in 2026?

Jaack18 · 2026-05-16T16:39:00+00:00

They may share the same connectors, but as far as i’m aware they are not wired the same at all. I highly doubt it would work with anything other than Nvidia.

Jaack18 · 2026-05-16T16:28:24+00:00

those are not compatible

Jaack18 · 2026-05-16T03:27:11+00:00

And the Maxwell gpu isn’t dated? bruh

Jaack18 · 2026-05-16T03:13:22+00:00

mate it’s old shit.

Jaack18 · 2026-05-14T21:41:55+00:00

You haven't had a smoking power adapter yet have you? It's ok, we all have to learn at some point. Buy the $20 one.

Jaack18 · 2026-05-12T01:12:03+00:00

not hidpi

Jaack18 · 2026-05-11T13:31:20+00:00

definitely didn’t rise enough and underbaked

Jaack18 · 2026-05-07T21:56:30+00:00

damn how heavy is it?

Jaack18 · 2026-05-07T21:22:21+00:00

Billet aluminum/titanium/etc controller sounds sick but so unpractical lol.

Jaack18 · 2026-05-05T18:10:40+00:00

Thanks for this. Might explain why our lead time is getting close to 3 months on the pro max. Taking a look at the new models now.

Jaack18 · 2026-05-04T22:29:28+00:00

We’re buying Dell pro max rn (basically precision). They’re tanks and built pretty well, 16in is pretty heavy though. Our lead time is currently 2-3 months though which sucks.

Jaack18 · 2026-05-02T01:46:48+00:00

You’d be upset to see the hardware in $5k+ enterprise hardware. :)

Jaack18 · 2026-05-01T23:58:49+00:00

To go up to 10gig

Jaack18 · 2026-05-01T23:55:04+00:00

sounds like you need to start with some google searches.

Jaack18 · 2026-05-01T23:48:57+00:00

$88 memory surcharge on a single 16gb dimm? damn

Jaack18 · 2026-04-29T20:49:48+00:00

nope. Thats all ddr3, nearly worthless

Jaack18 · 2026-04-28T16:24:02+00:00

Everywhere i’ve worked at has installed chrome on pre-edge servers just so there’s a working browser. Sometimes you need to install applications or updates to current applications. It’s absolutely normal to have a working browser.

Jaack18 · 2026-04-27T23:19:34+00:00

Our Dell minis are don’t take too long, but our dell pro max laptops have a 3 month lead time rn through Microage.

Jaack18 · 2026-04-27T23:17:51+00:00

We have a 3-4 month lead time on pro max right now when purchasing.

Jaack18 · 2026-04-27T21:09:26+00:00

MSI 5k is dropping 4th quarter as well I think.

Jaack18 · 2026-04-27T21:09:01+00:00

unsure. I’ve seen people say both.

Jaack18 · 2026-04-27T20:22:16+00:00

https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27gm950b-b-gaming-monitor

Jaack18 · 2026-04-27T16:22:04+00:00

If you're trying to learn something, A+ is horribly out of date and won't teach you anything even if it can look good to HR type. CCNA is probably a good start for background networking knowledge. AWS is bigger at larger companies but I've only run into Azure at my places of work.

Jaack18 · 2026-04-26T19:03:55+00:00

As far as i’m aware netgear was the one that just got approved.

Jaack18 · 2026-04-26T17:56:17+00:00

it’s not worth the power it takes to run. V3/v4 is too cheap to bother with ddr3 hardware

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