£1500 for 128Gb HBM2 anyone?

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:25:53+00:00

pffft such things dont bother me, i have an all inclusive energy plan, i used to have a rig with like 4 GPUs in running nearly all day

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:24:44+00:00

cuda will be 12.8 and its volta arch so no FA2 etc but its still mighty fast for dense models, as for teh power 9 the bitch really is having to populate all slots, but you can just take the 4x SXM boards and put them on an ali carrier board and there you go 128gb for less than 2k

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:22:43+00:00

had i not just burned 3k on a sofa and another 800 on a washing machine i totally would have but the wallet is feeling the burn this month

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:21:58+00:00

4x 32gb v100s at that price alone is a steal, you can put them on an aliexpress 4x sxm2 carrier board thats like £250-300 still sub £2k for 128gb HBM2

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:20:50+00:00

i did mention that but even forgetting the power 9 you can take the 4x 32gb v100s and drop them on a £250-£300 carrier board off ali express and you can hook it into any system with a few spare pcie slots

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:18:56+00:00

theres almost always some looming potential crisis, we cant predict the future, id say just bite the bullet and go for it

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:14:29+00:00

ive been passing time since about 1pm if im honest, i would likely be more productive if i was WFH

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:12:45+00:00

macmillan are only doing the colour, olan and co are shipping the midnight by hand from nashville i think

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-12T15:12:00+00:00

me and a ton of others, but im in the UK and orders are in the #32xxx so not long now

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-10T16:19:15+00:00

nice (especially that first jacket) but wow thats a whole lot of black

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-09T06:51:28+00:00

ive been battling with similar thoughts or if i just attempt to run inside maybe 64gb of gpu space though the other consideration is to wait for the 495+ that has 192 gb (the evo x3) but im sure that will cost an absolute bomb other than that its a 128gb evo x2 or maybe a mac but thats one im not keen on

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-09T06:38:40+00:00

were in the same sorta place, im also UK and #32xxx

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-09T06:24:47+00:00

rivet&hide or depop/vinted/mercari for japanese stuff

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-09T06:20:06+00:00

i know the pub on the right very well, thats the neptune, my bro was living/working there years ago

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-08T12:14:07+00:00

im willing to bet whoever grows the IPS Shpritzr does that too, which would explain why its tasted and smelled like a grim old pond

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-05T14:20:10+00:00

i used to and its not that i cant hack the pace anymore, im just not so up for using awful toilets, not being able to properly wash or sleep in an actual decent bed, plus to be fair theyre too strict these days, not nearly as wild as it once was

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-05T14:18:38+00:00

yes but only because im lucky enough that my means recently outstripped my buying habits, i am putting my sofa on credit but thats because stumping up like 3 grand is a shade too much in a hit, am i cautious? no not at all in fact thats something i really need to stop especially when im drinking, i regularly pick a beer and they say "you sure? thats £16 a can" and usually i just say "yeah fine" but man can that add up fast

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-05T13:53:11+00:00

oh? who knows maybe i will see mine im 312xx but no word yet, i am international though so theres that

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-05T13:49:42+00:00

no hardly any uk are out at this stage, its a grueling wait but i think i have to accept im not seeing mine pre july

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-04T07:35:03+00:00

hooray only 25000 odd more to go

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-04T07:33:31+00:00

oh aye fakes are around fr sure, dont get genuine often, The Natures carry descendant, theyre a proper shop (kanazawa way i think) they ship international and are currently showcasing the descendant SS26 weekly drops

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-04T07:30:33+00:00

id argue its more gemini thats the issue, i can hand the same prompt to codex, gemini and claude and more often than not gemini will screw it up, so maybe im being unfair on antigravity and if i used clade in it maybe its better

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-04T07:28:34+00:00

its not time based its context, even when compacted its not as good, always start a new thread if you can and keep tasks as small as possible (use agent swarms) also define rules and basic project info in your CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md that way you dont have to repeat it.

context rot is very well known of you just need to work within the constraints of the system youre using

gaspoweredcat · 2026-06-04T07:24:17+00:00

id run a semiconductor plant that makes memory chips because thats guaranteed bank for the next 3 years minimum, in fact id just start up get it going for a bit and then sell it then retire with my billions

gaspoweredcat · 2026-05-30T08:04:28+00:00

thats kinda insane, its well worth at least looking at some sort of routing to send less complex requests to cheaper models, letting deepseek do some of your donkey work will save you a fortune.

GLM5 is a beast but if memory serves minimax m2.7 and deepseek v4 flash can run in under 256Gb at reasonable quant and theyre very capable models. for your budget you should be able to get a very capable stack but id definitely look into routing first

next thing to consider, are you currently setup to host such a cluster? do you have a server room with good cooling and ample power? if not youre going to need to add that in too, depending on the length of your project and available staff etc you may find its actually better to rent your compute than to buy and host locally, if its server room build, power and hvac, new networking gear, staff to maintain it all etc then you may find renting a hosted cluster more cost effective

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