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A comment on Ask HN: How can ChatGPT serve 700M users when I can't run one GPT-4 locally?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: How can ChatGPT serve 700M users when I can't run... by xtiansimon on Saturday August 09, 2025 @09:27AM (#44846289)
> “They are heavy, noisy like you would not believe, … produces … waste heat.”

Haha. I bought a 20 yro IBM server off eBay for a song. It was fun for a minute. Soon became a doorstop and I sold it as pickup-only on eBay for $20. Beast. Never again have one in my home.

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Re:Ask HN: How can ChatGPT serve 700M users when I can't run... by guenthert on Saturday August 09, 2025 @10:42AM (#44846875)
Get an AS400. Those were actually expected to be installed in an office, rather than a server room. Might still be perceived as loud at home, but won't be deafening and probably not louder than some gaming rigs.
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Re:Ask HN: How can ChatGPT serve 700M users when I can't run... by yencabulator on Saturday August 09, 2025 @03:26PM (#44849354)
That's about the era my company was an IBM reseller. Once I was kneeling behind 8x1U starting up and all the fans went to max speed for 3 seconds. Never put rackmount hardware in a room that is near anything living.
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