[m0zg]

Still way too much money when a 2x 2080Ti comparably specced machine under my desk costs less than 2.5 months of their billing rate, and 4x 1080Ti servers in my garage cost about 1 month of their 4-GPU machine _and_ have more SSD storage. This pricing is totally insane, especially if not billed per-minute (which in Linode's case it is not) and if there are no cheaper preemptible/spot instances.

[svd4anything]

I’m starting to think one can adopt the simple rule of switch to a DIY build whenever there enough work to keep a GPU busy for 2 months, otherwise if the workload is intermittent then better strategy is leasing, especially considering the purchase cost/performance is constantly dropping.

[dillonmckay]

It would seem there could be a market for multi-month rentals of a ML/gaming rig, with return shipping/packaging?

[trey-jones]

What's the cost for power? Serious question, and I'm not suggesting that this cost should account for a large percentage of the price, but genuinely curious. If your GPUs are working every hour of the month for you, how much is it costing you in electricity?

[m0zg]

Quad GPU machines draw about 1.3KW each on average when under load. That's about $100/mo where I live, assuming they're 100% loaded 24x7 for the entire month. Realistically it's less. So it's not free, but it's not a crazy amount either.