Accelerators are the fastest-moving category in the secondary market, and the one where the gap between a good price and a poor one is largest. That gap comes down almost entirely to one thing: the exact model.
What we buy
| Class | Models | Memory | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data centre — current | H200, H100, L40S, L40 | 48–141 GB | Tell us SXM or PCIe. Strongest demand. |
| Data centre — previous | A100, A800, A40, A30, A16, A2 | 16–80 GB | A100 moves well in both 40 GB and 80 GB. |
| Data centre — older | V100, T4, P100, P40 | 16–32 GB | Lower value, still saleable — T4 especially. |
| Workstation — current | RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, RTX 6000 Ada, RTX 5000 Ada | 24–96 GB | Server and Workstation Editions price separately. |
| Workstation — previous | RTX A6000, A5500, A5000, A4500, A4000 | 16–48 GB | A5000 and A4000 are the volume sellers. |
| In a business machine | RTX 5090, 5080, 4090, 4080 | 16–32 GB | Bought where they came out of a work machine. |
The exact model is the whole answer
More than any other component, a GPU is priced on the precise model string. Two cards both described as "an RTX 6000" might be a Quadro RTX 6000, an RTX A6000, an RTX 6000 Ada or an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell — four different products, years and a great deal of money apart.
Read it off the card itself or from the driver panel rather than from a purchase order. Asset registers are frequently a generation behind whatever is physically in the machine.
What moves the price
- Form factor. SXM modules and PCIe cards of the same generation are not interchangeable and are not worth the same. If it is SXM, the baseboard matters too.
- Memory fitted. An 80 GB A100 and a 40 GB A100 are a long way apart.
- Cooling. Passive data centre cards need a chassis with directed airflow; actively cooled workstation cards do not. It changes who the buyer is.
- What comes with it. Brackets, power adapters and original packaging all count, particularly on workstation parts.
- Quantity and consistency. Eight identical cards from one node are worth more per card than eight assorted ones.
Not sure which card you have? Send a photo of the card with the label edge visible. We will identify it and price it.
Send your listWhat we do not buy
We buy cards that were working when they came out of service, because we sell them on to be used again. We do not buy cards that are faulty, untested, or pulled from machines that failed for reasons nobody can explain. If a card has a known issue, put it on the list — it rarely kills a deal, but it must not be a surprise on arrival.
If you know a card's history — heavy compute duty, or long periods at full load — say so. It is not automatically a problem, and we would rather price it in honestly from the start.
How the sale runs
- Send the models and quantities. One line per card type.
- We price per card, in writing, usually within one working day.
- We take care of transport. Free and insured. Cards travel well, so for smaller quantities we normally send a labelled courier pack rather than a pallet.
- You get paid in euro by SEPA transfer once the delivery is checked in.
Selling the machines too? See Dell PowerEdge servers, HPE ProLiant servers, or Server processors for processors.