The following are my options. My main focus will be model training (for very large models will use research lab systems). Need this to last throughout my grad school and PhD!
The following are my options. My main focus will be model training (for very large models will use research lab systems). Need this to last throughout my grad school and PhD!
None of these systems are remotely usable for model training.
Inferior to 17c/hr instances.
Buy the cheapest laptop possible and learn to use AWS, RunPod, or if seriously limited Colab/Kaggle.
And invest in an education that teaches you about Moore’s Law (and the time value of money, as you’d be better off making minimum wage to pay for credits than waiting for “GPUs” that can’t even handle PC games)