Do cheap 32GB V100s still make sense for homelab AI?

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Generative AI

I already have an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and a 5070 Ti, but I’m wondering whether picking up a couple of Tesla V100 32GB cards could actually make sense as a value proposition specifically for larger local models. I know the V100 is old, power-hungry, and missing newer consumer-card features, and I’m not expecting it to beat modern RTX cards for speed or general efficiency. The appeal is mostly the 32GB VRAM per card, especially if they can be found cheap enough.