--- title: Industrial GPU Adapted For The Desktop | daily.dev description: A hobbyist adapted a Tesla V100 SXM2 server GPU for desktop use by connecting it to a standard PCIe slot via an adapter board. The main challenge was the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/industrial-gpu-adapted-for-the-desktop-80xbidkpk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Industrial GPU Adapted For The Desktop | daily.dev og:description: A hobbyist adapted a Tesla V100 SXM2 server GPU for desktop use by connecting it to a standard PCIe slot via an adapter board. The main challenge was the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/industrial-gpu-adapted-for-the-desktop-80xbidkpk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/80XbidkPK.png og:image:alt: Industrial GPU Adapted For The Desktop og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Industrial GPU Adapted For The Desktop **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hobbyist adapted a Tesla V100 SXM2 server GPU for desktop use by connecting it to a standard PCIe slot via an adapter board. The main challenge was the deafeningly loud 82 dB cooling fan, which was tamed to make it usable at home. Combined with an RTX 4080 and tensor splitting on NixOS, the setup provides 32 GB of VRAM for running a local LLM that benchmarks around Claude Sonnet 4.6 performance — all for roughly £200. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200](https://daily.dev/posts/i-put-a-datacenter-gpu-in-my-gaming-pc-for-200-fsqh3pkrd) · Lobsters · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Getting A Proprietary-Bus GPU Onto PCIe Enables Cheaper Local LLMs, For Now](https://daily.dev/posts/getting-a-proprietary-bus-gpu-onto-pcie-enables-cheaper-local-llms-for-now-9vqydfswh) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#local-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/local-ai), [#nixos](https://daily.dev/tags/nixos) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/industrial-gpu-adapted-for-the-desktop-80xbidkpk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Industrial GPU Adapted For The Desktop","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/industrial-gpu-adapted-for-the-desktop-80xbidkpk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/industrial-gpu-adapted-for-the-desktop-80xbidkpk"},"datePublished":"2026-07-23T05:23:39.420Z","dateModified":"2026-07-23T05:23:55.801Z","description":"A hobbyist adapted a Tesla V100 SXM2 server GPU for desktop use by connecting it to a standard PCIe slot via an adapter board. The main challenge was the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/358f45544d7d256756778fc3d7bafbb5?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/358f45544d7d256756778fc3d7bafbb5?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/industrial-gpu-adapted-for-the-desktop-80xbidkpk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"nvidia,gpu,local-ai,nixos","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Industrial GPU Adapted For The Desktop"}]} ```