Key findings
- Fashion meets technology with a $1,024 handbag made from an Nvidia GeForce GT730.
- The case has an external cooling fan, probably powered by a phone – perfect for the “GPU rich”.
- GPU Purses specializes in converting GPUs into stylish accessories, including an H100.
Technology and fashion rarely go together, but when they do, you can bet the result is something special. If you want to look stylish and techy at the same time, this particular handbag might be just the thing for you. It's made from an Nvidia GeForce GT730, but while you can usually snag one for under $100, the price for this little piece is much higher.
This $1024 handbag uses an Nvidia GeForce GT730 as part of its design
Discovered by Tom's Hardwareyou can buy one of these cool fashion statements from GPU Purses. As the company name suggests, the company specializes in turning GPUs into stylish handbags. This one is made from a GT730 and costs a whopping $1,024 for the thing. There is a 1GB version of the GT730, so maybe you're paying $1 per megabyte?
Regardless, CPU Purses describes the bag as follows:
For the GPU rich. This case has an external cooling fan and a GT730 Nvidia card. Has room for a phone.
The website doesn't detail how the fan spins, but the product image shows the small power cable. Since it fits inside a phone, it might be powered by your phone's battery. Maybe the fan will cool your phone too.
If that's too much for you, you won't want to look at what other GPU Purses products are selling for. It's made with an H100, which the website says is “a rare, one-of-a-kind GPT-4 training GPU,” and costs as much as the maximum value of a 16-bit integer – $65,536.
It would be interesting to see how GPU Purses develops their product line in the future. Who knows, maybe they'll make a handbag that uses a unique and exciting cooling device?