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How to Calculate the Total Cost of Ownership for Meraki
28 Mar, 2026
£3271.55 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
The NVIDIA A16 is a bit of a niche purchase, and at **£2,726 ex-VAT** it needs a very specific job to make sense. You’re basically paying for reliable, enterprise-friendly **GPU compute** rather than “graphics” performance. If your workload is things like AI inference/training services, video analytics, or other GPU-accelerated compute where NVIDIA software and predictable behaviour matter, the A16 can be a solid choice—especially in a server environment where you want **fanless operation** to reduce noise, failure points, and maintenance headaches.
That said, I wouldn’t buy this for general graphics, gaming, or even most creative workloads where you’re more sensitive to raw display/GPU render features than to compute throughput. Also, check your infrastructure before you commit: make sure your server cooling, power, and PCIe layout are actually a good fit, because “fanless” doesn’t mean “no thermal consideration”—it just shifts the burden to chassis airflow. If you’re not already running NVIDIA CUDA-based stacks or you don’t have a clear compute use case, you’ll often be better off putting that money toward a more versatile option or simply using less expensive GPUs that fit your real software needs.

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