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Not really. They’re not making consumer grade stuff, they’re making hardware for data centers so unless you’re planning on doing a DIY data center you’re not buying the hardware. Hard drives are likely an exception.

You’re more likely to see cheap VPS services than cheap secondhand hardware.

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vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve watched enough Bringus to know that anything can be used for gaming if you’re stubborn enough.

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- Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh absolutely, but I doubt anyone is paying the equivalent of a 5090 to get the performance of a 3060. Server GPU-s aren’t optimized for gaming.
  
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  - vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Sure but that will only be in the immediate, especially as the manufacturers rush to trying to produce consumer and industry shit once the AIomey cow goes bust. There’ll be an immediate rush of these things being sold 5090 prices only to drop down to 1090 or lower prices once they start liquidating stock to write off and the scrappers start selling these things for pennies on the dollar.
    
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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t know many people buy used server and JBODs. I wouldn’t say that consumers don’t buy them.

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- Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Being in the self-hosted community I know people buy used enterprise servers to set up their own services, but consumers who buy enterprise servers probably make up less than 1% of all the consumers who buy hardware.
  
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