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  "channel_slug": "LocalLLaMA",
  "channel_handle": "r/LocalLLaMA",
  "title": "96 gig 5090s from Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1ugyqsi/96_gig_5090s_from_shenzhens_huaqiangbei/",
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  "upload_date": "20260627",
  "published_at": "2026-06-27T10:00:35+00:00",
  "transcript": "We're visiting Shenzhen right now, and visited the Huaqiangbei electronics market. I've seen reports of 96 gig 5090s popping up on AliExpress, but never saw confirmation that it was real, so we asked around a little. One seller called a friend, and they said that a 5090 would cost 36,000 yuan and then swapping in 96 gigs of vram would cost another 20,000 yuan on top, so about $8,200 total for a hacked up Blackwell RTX 6000. Not sure it's worth it if the real thing with a warranty is $11k, but thought I'd share the datapoint, might be more worth it if you bring your own 5090. They said they needed a week lead time, ymmv.\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[48 upvotes] Yeah 4090 are also available in 48Gb and 96 Gb, thinking about getting one next month when I’m in China\n\n[48 upvotes] If only that was possible in europe, I’d go through the front door with my 4090 right away \n\n[35 upvotes] $8k is too much for a Frankenstein card. It's only a 1/3 discount from retail RTX 6000 so not worth the risk.\n\nYou should definitely visit and confirm it's real though. We've seen reports of the card but there isn't an independent confirmation that this thing actually exists yet.\n\nAsk them if you can visit anyway and prove it's real, do some benchmarking, take some photos. If it turns out to be real I'm sure there's a few people on here with more money than sense who will buy one!\n\n[24 upvotes] If they can do that with a 5090 then what can they do with an rtx 6000? The 6000 comes with 3GB memory modules but [Micro announced](https://wccftech.com/micron-confirms-24gb-gddr7-modules-36-gbps-for-next-wave-of-discrete-gpus/) 24GB GDDR7 modules. Does that mean that a hacked up 768GB RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell is theoretically possible?\n\nEdit: apparently the “24GB” comes with “3GB” density so maybe not. I think I misinterpreted that announcement.\n\nEdit 2: It looks like the maximum theoretical GDDR7 density is 8GB per module. With the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell’s 32 modules, that’s 256GB max on a hacked IF the 8GB modules are ever actually produced.",
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