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Re: Building A16Z's Personal AI Workstation

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Post by sciencesama » Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 4:40 AM UTC

For this money a tenstoreent silent machine is much better

Re: Building A16Z's Personal AI Workstation

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Post by throwaway-11-1 » Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 5:14 AM UTC

Super cool specs but I can’t stop laughing at that goofy A16Z logo on the case. Zero taste

Re: Building A16Z's Personal AI Workstation

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Post by randomtoast » Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 10:38 AM UTC

marcusb wrote: post #53

latchkey wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As soon as you drive it off the lot, it is worth half the value.

It'll lose another half if you spray paint it gold like in the OP photos.

So we are talking 10k ebay price.

Re: Building A16Z's Personal AI Workstation

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Post by mips_avatar » Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 6:06 PM UTC

Other than the fact it's cool to run locally, what's the advantage of having one of these vs renting h100 clusters from runpod/lambda?

Re: Building A16Z's Personal AI Workstation

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Post by yencabulator » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 5:57 PM UTC

idontwantthis wrote: post #42

vlabakje90 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to the specifications the max power draw is 1650W. All of that is converted into heat so it's like a small space heater.

It’s more than a space heater. Any heater is usually 1500w.

And that is to keep it safe. Continuously pulling 1650 W out of a US power socket is not safe. I've seen even 1500 W continuous heat up loose connections inside the socket to a level that charred plastic. Leaving this machine running a heavy compute load for hours without a 20A socket is a fire hazard:

> Surprising efficiency: Despite its scale, the workstation pulls 1650W at peak, low enough to run on a standard 15-amp / 120V household circuit.