Got a powerful Workstation, how to put it to good use? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FishwithBait · 2023-10-28 20:10 Hi everyone, I've recently acquired a very powerful workstation. Specs are Threadripper PRO 5995WX, 128GB ECC DDR4, 4 TB Gen4 storage, and RTX 4090 (can do 2x 3090 with NVLink as well). How can I put this rig to good use to generate some passive income? I have a 900/900 fiber connection and someone suggested running some game serves on it but not sure if it's a good idea. Any suggestion is highly appreciated! Thank you. ​ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-28 20:26 > How can I put this rig to good use to generate some passive income? Youre in the wrong sub dude. Look for some crypto miner subs or whatever. Nobody here runs their selfhosted services for a passive income, on the contrary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- joost00719 · 2023-10-28 20:32 Crypto mining isn't profitable anymore. Maybe if your electricity is super cheap it is viable. You can run storj if you have a fast and reliable network connection. But you don't need a fast workstation for that. Just some disk space and fast network. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yosyp · 2023-10-28 20:39 There's some sites that you can offer your power to, to run simulations. Maybe something like that but under a paywall? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vogete · 2023-10-28 22:40 If you want to get money out of it, sell it. Doubt you're gonna get more from it these days. Also, wrong sub. We do the opposite here of what you're trying to achieve. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FunnyPocketBook · 2023-10-28 23:16 Before you go into this to make a little bit of money, you should check how much this workstation would cost you in electricity. You could rent out your GPU for computational power, but if you make less than it costs to run it, then obviously that's not wanted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legitimate_Farm_3095 · 2023-10-29 00:23 wrong sub ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mpw-linux · 2023-10-29 01:06 Do you have static ip's ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fliberdygibits · 2023-10-29 01:34 How do you acquire a Threadripper Pro with dual 3090s without knowing what to do with it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- homemediajunky · 2023-10-29 02:24 The best thing I can suggest is selling it to me. With the cost of electricity, I am doing you a favor and you can just count the monthly savings. $50 sounds fair considering how much I'm going to spend running it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TerminalFoo · 2023-10-29 05:06 You don't generate passive income with it. The most you'll be able to do is generate a passive loss. If you seek to rent out your GPU...don't. The big 3 and every other company out there already does a 10000x bigger job than you'll be able to do from your home. If you seek to crypto mine...don't. You'll actually lose money due to inefficiencies and electricity cost. Now, I wonder why you spent all that money on that workstation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TerminalFoo · 2023-10-29 05:07 Probably "acquired" it. Wonder if it came with the truck too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fliberdygibits · 2023-10-29 05:13 I try not to assume, but it seems weird to say the least. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- enormousaardvark · 2023-10-29 07:44 That’s a beast of a GPU, head on over to r/stablediffusion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- selfhosted-ModTeam · 2023-10-29 20:39 This post is being removed due to the subject not being related to the "selfhosted" theme of the community. Please message the mods if you have any questions or believe this removal has been in error.