Budget 92GB VRAM rig: 4x used RX 7900 XT + RTX 3060 for ~$4,300
Miserable-School-665 · reddit · 2026-10-13
A builder in a third-world country with no access to server-grade hardware plans a budget inference server: ASUS WS X299 PRO + i9-10980XE ($932), four used RX 7900 XT 20GB cards ($2,836), one RTX 3060 12GB — 92GB total VRAM — plus 64GB DDR4-3600 and a 1600W Gold PSU, around $4,305 all-in. Goal: run GLM 5.3 Flash q3/q4 at 30+ tok/s. They ask the community for feedback.
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