Salvaging parts: building a local AI rig with 64GB RAM and a €1700 budget
joquinjack · reddit · 2026-08-18
A user's gaming laptop (3080Ti 16GB), used for AI workloads for 2 years, appears to be broken (GPU not posting). Replacing the motherboard costs €1700 with no guarantee of success. The user currently has 64GB of DDR4 SODIMM RAM and a 2TB SSD on hand and is looking for build suggestions that approximate the previous setup's capabilities while staying under the €1700 budget.
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