Reddit user runs Qwen locally on a $35 used mining rig
10/12/2026 — 10/12, 20:16·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- According to Tom's Hardware, a Reddit user purchased a used mining rig with 54GB of VRAM for $35 and successfully ran the Qwen3.6-35B-A3B mo…
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On October 12, 2026, Tom's Hardware reported on a low-cost local inference experiment by a Reddit user. The user bought a used mining rig for $35. The machine is built around nine Nvidia P106-100 GPUs and offers 54GB of VRAM in total. On this hardware, the user successfully ran the Qwen3.6-35B-A3B model locally. According to the report, the setup serves as a practical reference for putting idle high-VRAM hardware to work on local large model inference. The account stops at that result; no further developments are mentioned in the available material.
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Latest turnAccording to Tom's Hardware, a Reddit user purchased a nine-GPU mining rig with 54GB of VRAM for $35 and successfully ran Qwen3.6-35B-A3B locally. This offers a practical reference for low-cost local LLM inference using salvaged hardware.
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According to Tom's Hardware, a Reddit user purchased a nine-GPU mining rig with 54GB of VRAM for $35 and successfully ran Qwen3.6-35B-A3B locally. This offers a practical reference for low-cost local LLM inference using salvaged hardware.
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