• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Wish that happened more often. All these crypto mines or whatever that use massive CPU or GPU power should dump them on the market, but I’ve never seen dumps of low-cost hardware.

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      5 hours ago

      The problem is that the crypto miners and AI servers run on purpose-built hardware now that can’t be repurposed for gaming.

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        5 hours ago

        Yeah, crypto switched to ASIC, but nonetheless there was no cheap hardware dump as they transitioned. And yeah, AI does use regular GPUs, but the consumer versions are used mainly for smaller farms.