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Looking for GPU suggestions for a Poweredge R720

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I’m just getting into playing with Ollama and want to work to build some self-hosted AI applications. I don’t need heavy duty cards because they probably won’t ever be under too much load, so I’m mostly looking for power efficiency + decent price.

Any suggestions for cards I should look at? So far I’ve been browsing ebay and I was looking at Tesla M40 24GB DDR5’s. They’re reasonably priced, but I’m wondering if anyone has any specific recommendations.

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I installed a Tesla P40 in a R720xd. You just have to carefully select the correct cable for power supply.

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Consider getting a P40 instead. Newer gen chip compared to the M40 and it should be supported for longer. It’s worth the extra cost.

Make sure to source the needed power cables.

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Good to know, I’ll probably go for a P40 instead.

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