[cyanydeez]

I believe the ada workstation cards are typically 1slot cards

which means you could build a 4gpu server from normal cases.

most of the 4090 cards are 2-3 slot cards

[KeplerBoy]

The beefy workstation cards are 2 slots, but yeah the 4090 cards are usually 3.something slots, which is ridiculous. The few dual slot ones are water cooled.

[cyanydeez]

the work station cards also run on 300 watts and looks like the 4090 goes to 450.

so you are getting a better practical card for the price

if you are making a mining type rig, then yeah, the extra price is wasting money.

but if you wanted to build a normal machine, the workstation cards are the most reasonable choice for anything more than 2 gpus

[kkielhofner]

I find it challenging to get my 4090s to consume more than 300 watts. There are also a lot of articles, benchmarks, etc around showing you can dramatically limit power while reducing perf by insignificant mounts (single digit %).

[justsomehnguy]

> which means you could build a 4gpu server from normal cases.

Only if you are already live near an airport and you are accustomed to the sounds of the lift off and flying away.