I put together plans for an absolute budget PC build for running local AI inference. $550 USD, not including a graphics card, and ~$800 with a card that will run up to 30B models. Let me know what you think!

Hey guys, I'm an enthusiast new to the local AI game, but I am a fresh AI and CS major university student, and I love how this tech has allowed me to experiment with AI. I recently finished a build for running this stuff myself ([https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8VqyjZ](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8VqyjZ)), but I realize building a machine to run these well can be very expensive and that probably excludes a lot of people, so I decided to create a template for a very cheap machine …

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