Reddit debates the cheapest practical way to run K3 locally
ylchao · reddit · 2026-07-28
A Reddit thread asks what the cheapest viable way would be to run K3 locally, and proposes a wide range of hardware setups and hacks.
Ideas mentioned include DGX Spark or Strix Halo clusters, Optane persistent memory with GPUs, Mac Studio clusters, Orange Pi 6 clusters, SSD streaming plus GPUs, DDR3 + ConnectX-5 RDMA clients, two DGX Stations, and even Power10 systems.
The thread is essentially about the infrastructure economics of hosting a large model locally.
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