Budget 1.5k EUR for local LLM hardware: Reddit user seeks advice on GPU choices
DisLLMs · reddit · 2026-08-13
A Reddit user plans to build a local AI workstation with a budget of 1k-1.5k EUR, primarily for inference, coursework, and image generation. They list various GPU combinations (e.g., dual 3080 20G, RX 9700, dual 7900XTX) and ask for community opinions. They own a 5070Ti and consider including it.
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