# User Builds $35 AI Rig with 54GB VRAM

October 14, 2026 at 08:21 PM

> A Reddit user repurposed nine Nvidia P106-100 GPUs from a used mining rig to run large language models at high speeds for just $35.

Reddit user **markpronkin** acquired a used crypto mining rig for 3,000 rubles, roughly $35, from the Russian classifieds site **Avito**. The system features nine Pascal-generation **Nvidia P106-100** GPUs, providing a combined 54GB of VRAM for local AI processing.

The rig successfully ran the **Qwen3.6-35B-A3B** mixture-of-experts model at over 30 tokens per second using **Ollama**. While the hardware relies on a Celeron CPU and PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the buyer plans to upgrade to an i7-7700K system that supports up to 12 GPUs.

This $35 setup offers more VRAM than the $1,999 RTX 5090. Although Nvidia CUDA 13.0 and driver branch 580 mark the end of support for this architecture, security updates for these 2017-era cards will continue to be provided through October 2028.


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