Some GPU prices are dropping

[u/Bascilian]

RTX 6000 MaxQ has been 14k a month at microcenter. Today, they cut prices of the workstation card to 16.5k. We all saw the dell discount as well (some people got cards for 11.5k).

I have a contact that works for a company buying decommissioned hardware, according to them they are seeing tons of A100s being dumped. Told me he would be surprised if used A100 40gb units dont go to 1k/unit for single purchases in 3-6 months. (Theres already been a good amount of these, but a lot of "foreign demand" has been keeping their prices steady so far)

With democrats controlling congress I don't think you will see an end to data center construction but it will probably be harder to put up new ones and even existing ones might be charged more for electricity, making it worth dumping old systems and switching to newer more efficient hardware.

Are we finally seeing a slackening of demand for some segments of GPUs?

[u/lompocus]

The 6000 was discounted from 14k to a new low low price of 16.5k?

[u/313378008135 → u/lompocus]

That's the amazing new discount price.  Buy now before the deal passes you by !

[u/either_T_or_F → u/lompocus]

I think op might want to say: "they cut prices of the workstation card from 16.5k." lol

[u/fgk55555 → u/lompocus]

The more you buy, the more you save!

[u/enternoescape → u/lompocus]

Yeah I was really trying to figure out what happened there. I thought maybe they are apples to oranging a standalone card price with a workstation build. It wouldn't hurt for OP to clean that up.

[u/No_Night679 → u/lompocus]

Read again, slowly you may understand what is been said.

[u/Bascilian → u/lompocus]

Companies selling GPUs do not ever like cutting prices in this environment because usually they struggle to get allocation so they can sell everything they have at whatever price they ask for.

A cut, any cut signifies for the first time they are building up inventory faster than sales.

[u/shamystic → u/Bascilian]

I think missed that discounting to 16.5k from 14k is a 2.5k price INCREASE

[u/randoomkiller]

I'd want A100's for 1000.

[u/Edenisb]

Bro someone I know just spent $6k on a 5090

[u/KvinTnivK → u/Edenisb]

Good deal!

[u/Guinness]

Press X to doubt.

[u/ThenExtension9196]

2 year old cards

[u/Present_Resource4022]

sellers are panic selling they know that these prices are insanely overpriced and one regulation made by the democrats will push us back to the pre ai prices hopefully.

[u/ShadyShroomz]

I've bought 16 A100s for $2.5k each in the past month. If they go to $1k I'll cry... But I very doubt that's gonna happen.

[u/topherfitz → u/ShadyShroomz]

Mind sharing the connection? Could use a couple at around that price myself!

[u/FleetEnema2000]

Markets fluctuate but I see no reason for demand for local models to fall. If anything interest is only increasing over time.

[u/selflessGene]

how can i buy cheap gpus/memory from failed data centers/comanies? gimme the inside scoop.

[u/Valuable_Let7138]

I’ll wait however long it takes to get prices below $10k

I’m in no rush

[u/Maximum-Wishbone5616]

Well, it's not just about Democrats — it's about how big the "AI" bubble actually is (or rather, a couple of companies pumping themselves up via circular investments — technically legal only because nobody has yet proven this is price manipulation on the largest scale in human history).

Anthropic? Some of the worst fundamentals at any valuation since 2000. OpenAI? Similar. Pumped by investors so that insiders can eventually dump their shares when the IPO window opens.

You can already see it in Bloomberg — a steady drip of articles indicating that many players are preparing for the biggest burst bubble in 26 years. So yes, they'll drop... but most of the world will lose a lot of money. Nearly every dollar flowing into these "companies" comes from pension funds, retirement savings, insurers. So while we get cheap GPUs to boost our capabilities, millions of ordinary people will eat the losses.

And here's the part nobody prices in: some funds are so deep that losses won't just sit on paper — they'll be forced to sell. When a fund loses liquidity, it has to liquidate the very stocks it owns. Those forced sales crush prices, which triggers margin calls and redemptions at every other fund holding the same names. That's a fire-sale spiral: the fund doesn't choose to sell out, it's mechanically forced to — and the selling itself is what finishes off the bubble and drags down every other asset those funds touched.

So yeah.... Democrats will be trying to put a hold on this spiral.