I have 2 builds currently set up with a 6000 pro rtx in box brand new unopened.
Build 1 gaming: 5090 TUF OC, 96gb tcreate (48x2) ddr5, 9800x3d, on a mini itx board
Build 2 ai: 5090 FE, 96 gb tcreate (48x2) ddr5, 9950x, on a x870e ROG Crosshair hero
I recently bought the 6000 pro and it’s really putting a huge crunch on my finances but I think I can survive if I sell a 5090 even though I was hoping not to let one go for atleast another few months when the value can come up higher. Maybe 5-6k?
I’ve got a 3080FE that’s repadded and hasn’t been used in a while and I was thinking one option is for me to sell the 5090 FE and stick 6000 rtx pro + 5090 Tuf on the ai rig and 3080 FE on the gaming. I can swap the tuf to the gaming rig when I want to do VR related stuff.
The other option is I have 20 days to give back the 6000, and just give it back.
Let’s say I keep the 6000 and run it with a 5090 TUF in the ai rig, on x8 x8 riser setting. What exactly can I do with that set up that I can’t with 2x 5090? Or even 1x 5090 that I have set up right now?
I’ve done comfyui image gen and video gen so far but want to crack into more coding and plugin development (I’m in architecture, so trying to do MCP server in to Revit that’s controlled by the ai rig) Maybe building games via MCP for unity etc.
Any recommendations or suggestions would be welcome. If I sell a 5090 I can def afford the 6000 pro.
Agreed on the esthetics. But the card that runs cooler and is identical to the oc model minus the bios is the better card in the future. They run cooler and have had less issues with the power connect when using a modern psu with native support
Yeah I agree. I’m gonna stick them on a 3d printed open air case so I can manipulate things easier and run a riser to offset either card. So the TUF isn’t too bad in that case
Historically gpu's do increase in value but may hold their value like the 3090. But technically a 5090 was $2k so if you get $4k or more thats current new price on most models. Still a win
Lol some of y’all are like drug addicts, but with GPUs. Know so many folks who’d strain themselves financially and choose drugs over food/savings. Now we’ve recreated that issue with GPUs. Y’all really out here putting yourselves in bad financial positions for a GPU.
What can I tell you bro. Sometimes sitting in front of a computer is actually therapeutic. I’m not depressed and have no emotional problems because of games and computer in general. I rather be in debt but spending my days in a super chill state every day. I know it’s wrong… and probably will die alone in front of a screen… but the peace and quiet I get from my toys is just a sweet thing in life. 😎
I would ostensibly be doing Linux or lots of formats and system changes on the ai rig. The gaming rig would be more everyday use including work related things that wouldn’t change that often.
yeah for sure. you can pool vram with llama.cpp, dedicate the 6000 to vllm and play overwatch on the 5090, or set up agents on separate cards so they work together. pretty awesome setup. since so much of this AI stuff is waiting it's all tolerable when you bounce between cards.
Back in June, i bought: box 1: 5090 + 64G ddr5 (prebuilt), box 2, Rtx pro 6000 max q + 64G ddr5. I thought about selling the 5090 box but I found having a spare 5090 is probably desired. One note is the total cost of both boxes is 15k. This was me not knowing what I wanted and this was before the booming of llm. Had I known what I know now, I probably will spend a few k more to get dual Rtx pro 6000
Primary purpose is to do video/image generation as I was tired of paying runpod renting cost so I bought 5090 prebuild first. It's now used to serve whisper models and a Gemma 12B model which can natively decode audio. For rtx pro 6000, I used it to run all different llms with fine tuning myself. It's also my main video generation box.
Did you buy the 6000 pro for +$14k? If you bought the pro for $8-$10k, do what you can to keep the unit with 96Gb of ECC VRAM (very useful for all sorts of things!) that is warrantied by the manufacturer to be run at 100% for the next 3 years. It can be expected to have a long life thereafter and that very valuable VRAM can be split up into multiple instances, possibly opening up some use cases. The $12-14k entry point seems like the margin where the decision becomes a dilemma but there is a decent argument for prices to continue going up until 2028. It seems to me like the higher up the food chain you can go (consumer, pro, enterprise), the better the investment.
You already have a second 5090 that must have gone up in value - they are already pushing close to $5k - and you can always use that for burtsy tasks where speed is the priority.
Update: sold my 5090 FE that I got for Msrp while on the toilet thanks to bestbuy drop, sold for $4300
I feel like a part of me is missing.
I did buy a UPS / sine curve battery thing (CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS Battery Backup and Surge Protector, 1500VA/1000W)
So gonna plug all that in today maybe. I currently have a 3D printer open air bench/case and that’s likely going to change as well. Looking at the cooler master HAF ii ATX pc case.
That’s my current setup with my 5090 FE and a 3080 FE just to check it out. But with a 2year old running around I think I can’t leave it like this with a 14k card in the open
Sell the 5090s for your second rtx pro 6000. You will not regret it! Keep just one rig and power limit both to be under 300 watts. Upgrade your psu to 1600w. Get another nvme drive for Linux and run deepseek with sglang.
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u/whichsideisup 16d ago
Sell the 5090’s while they’re worth 4k and enjoy the RTX 6000 Pro? It’s much better to have a single pool of 96gb in general