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by grubbs 26 days ago
Cheapest I've been able to get a DGX Spark FE is now around $4700 just FYI. This is from multiple vendors in higher-ed.
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Ah ya then that's a bit of a gap.

For anyone considering these devices, the only reason I would recommend against them is if you plan on getting multiple to link together - the DGX Spark has a much, much faster interconnect bandwidth ceiling than the AMD devices do.

Otherwise, they're great!

Microcenter has them marked at $4500 right now (that's with the 4TB SSD) [1]. I suspect it comes down to what you're using it for; if you're looking for a general purpose computer that's also solid at AI, the AMD machine is better. But if you want the best possible AI machine at below $5k... actually you should probably just buy an RTX 3090 or 5090. But if the 128gb of memory is critical, then yeah DGX Spark is it.

[1] https://www.microcenter.com/product/699008/nvidia-dgx-spark

I'm looking at Amazon and I see $4k GB10 devices right now (not an affiliate link) https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Supercomputer-Superchip-Supports...
Yea I mentioned the FE version which is 4TB NVME. The one you linked is 1TB NVME.
I snagged my two 4tb acer variants for under 4k each. CDW still has them listed for close to what I paid.
I can't wait for the memory price crisis to end so these things drop in price so I can get a second one.