What are the best deals on Pascal P40 24GB compatible servers right now?

High-Performance Computing Workstations & Servers
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I’m looking to add a single P40 (8 Pin 250W Max Draw) GPU to my homelab for AI/ML experiments (Stable Diffusion, Dreambooth, Deforum, ect). I have a fairly small (15ish U) rack with around 3U left at the bottom for this solution. I’m planning on using this server for only AI/ML and I will be installing the OS on bare metal. I’d like at east E5 V3/V4 era or newer hardware but I’m willing to deviate if required. Huge plus if there’s an M.2 slot or a card that would work with it (Have a Samsung 980 NVMe that I would like to use)

The overall budget is about ~$600 overall. I have an unused E5-2699V3 CPU and some DDR3 and DDR4 ECC around the house.

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You can find them on ebay for 200-225$

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Oh yeah the P40 isn’t the issue, it’s a server to put it in.

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Ooooo
I think HP do380 gen 9 is what you’re looking for on HP side
I’ll have to look up dell

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I’ll take a look at the Gen-9 I have a CL2200 Gen 10 as my primary server so that would fit in well.

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For dell you’ll want an r730

Idk about using the m.2 drive

You MAY get it to work using a pci-e to m.2 card but unsure

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