Everyday CyborgMar 3

Quote in September last year for a high-memory compute server. £28,000.

Quote today for the _exact same machine_. £90,500

This is for medical research. Saving lives. When I say LLMs are killing people by killing research computing, this is what I mean.

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Show threadScott Johnson / FutureFarmerMar 3
@digitalraven That's a 330% increase. That's way, way, way beyond anything I've seen which makes me wonder if this particular vendor is price gouging. Out of curiosity, have you shopped around at all?
Show threadEveryday CyborgMar 3
@fuzzygroup I have, and that increase is across the board for all vendors on the UK academic purchasing contracts. This server needs a reasonable amount of RAM — 4TB+, a lot by consumer standards, but mid-range for the compute we're doing.
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@digitalraven @fuzzygroup

I'm in the market for a new personal machine at home. Prices in this segment are about triple what they should be too.

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