SXM2 NVIDIA V100 Hits PCIe, Unlocks Cheaper Local LLMs
A Hackaday feature explains how a 16 GB NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU in SXM2 form can be repurposed with a PCIe adapter to run local large language models much cheaper than current PCIe GPUs, by opening a consumer-motherboard path for enterprise hardware. While not the newest card and with higher idle power and older CUDA support, it can deliver competitive tokens-per-second compared with a RTX 3060 12 GB for some workloads, making DIY AI hosting more accessible—at the cost of added cooling, setup steps, and the risk of price shifts as the market reacts.