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2 3090's + 128GB DDR4 + H11SL-i + EPYC 7281 for $2,250, should I pull the trigger?

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A coworker is upgrading his local AI rig and selling me his old parts. Is this a good price, and would you do it? 2× Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity 24GB — $750 each, ($1500 total) Supermicro H11SSL-i + EPYC 7281 (16C/32T, 8ch DDR4) — $350 128GB DDR4-2666 ECC RDIMM (8×16GB Crucial CT16G4RFD8266), already po…

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    2 3090's + 128GB DDR4 + H11SL-i + EPYC 7281 for $2,250, should I pull the trigger?

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