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Bargain $35 mining rig yields 54GB of VRAM

Original: Reddit user pays $35 for a crypto mining rig left in a garage and gets 54GB of VRAM at 65 cents per GB A Reddit user bou

A Reddit user bought a used nine-GPU Nvidia P106-100 crypto mining rig, left sitting in a garage, for just $35. The setup packs 54GB of total VRAM, working out to roughly 65 cents per gigabyte, and was used to run the Qwen3.6-35B-A3B language model locally. The deal is drawing attention as an example of how discarded mining hardware can be repurposed cheaply for local AI workloads.

Why now: The extraordinarily low cost of repurposing obsolete crypto mining hardware for running large AI models locally is striking to tech enthusiasts.

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• Reddit user pays $35 for a crypto mining rig left in a garage and gets 54GB of VRAM at 65 cents per GB A Reddit user bought a nine-GPU Nvidia P106-100 mining rig with 54GB of VRAM for $35 and ran Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on it locally. https://www. tomshardware.com/pc-components… · techwire@gamefan.net · 2

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