Adding an RTX 2000 Ada 16GB (75W) to a gaming PC for local LLM inference under a 700W PSU
tableball35 · reddit · 2026-09-07
- The poster runs an i9-14900F + RTX 4070 Super + 32GB DDR5 on a 700W Gold PSU and wants to run dense models like Qwen 27b / Gemma 31b locally.
- The plan: add an RTX 2000 Ada 16GB (75W TDP, $650-700, same driver family as the 4070 Super) plus another 32GB RAM around Black Friday, and is asking the community for feedback.
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