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A100 in Development PC

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Does anyone know if the NVidia A100 PCIe 40GB version can be hosted in a desktop PC?

From what I can see it should be possible. We use them, and Tesla V100s in Server configurations, but one of our techies wants a local install, and the hardware guys are saying it can't be done.

Sounds dodgy to me ;-)
 
If you wanted to jury rig it yourself so to speak that is one thing but for a proper tech installation another - they are designed for the chassis and cooling airflow of a certain setup and you can't just chuck one in any old PC and expect it to fit and operate correctly.

Depending on business you might find some will only stick rigidly to the verified system/chassis compatibility list as well.
 
Personally I wouldn't want to be gambling with cooling on an £8k card :)

I'm sure it can be done, but obviously they are designed for dedicate front to back airflow in rack mount servers - at the very least you need some kind of ducting to direct air straight through the card, as standard airflow within a desktop case isn't going to be powerful enough
 
Armageus said:
Personally I wouldn't want to be gambling with cooling on an £8k card :)

I'm sure it can be done, but obviously they are designed for dedicate front to back airflow in rack mount servers - at the very least you need some kind of ducting to direct air straight through the card, as standard airflow within a desktop case isn't going to be powerful enough
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Watch the level 1 techs video - they had to 3d print the ducts ;)
 
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