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WTF?! Do you have an ancient GPU lying around somewhere that hasn't seen the inside of a PC for a decade? There's no need to throw it away or sell it on eBay: you could turn it into a hideous handbag and try to sell it for over $1,000.
Unlikely as it sounds, someone really is selling an alleged fashion item that is just a plastic purse with some gold trimming and a GT 730 encased in resin inside it. If that isn't appealing enough, the bag also has a Gigabyte-branded case fan glued to the outside that spins.
But can you really put a price on style?
The handbag is priced at a bargain $1,024 on the gpupurse.com website. The GT 730 cost up to $80 when it launched in 2014, and you can find them today on auction sites for as little as $20. In fairness to the maker of this purse, they do point out that the bag "fits a phone," which should tempt anyone with over $1,000 to burn. It's also a limited edition – the creator says they are making ten more in the next few weeks – and it comes with either a long or short chain.
With that price tag, one would expect the purse to at least feature a more expensive GPU. Well, the website does have another item featuring a very expensive Nvidia product: the H100, which costs around $25,000 - $30,000 on average. Gpupurse is selling a handbag featuring this data center GPU for a stunning $65,536.
"Gasp! Are you wearing Kepler?"
"Purse that has a rare one of a kind gpt-4 training gpu," reads the H100-based item's description. There's also a suspicious lack of images showing this purse, meaning buyers will require plenty of faith and/or stupidity.
Likely keeping with the computer theme, the handbag prices are in powers of two (2^10 for the GT 730, 2^16 for the H100). It's unlikely many people will find the bags more appealing as a result.
If you're looking for a purse for that special someone who loves all things tech, there's always the Honor V purse – a folding phone that doubles as a clutch bag. You can get one for around $900, too.