Looking for productivity/ai build
I run multiple businesses with my father. We need a new office PC and we’re looking to integrate local ai into our workflow. We are by no means experts in ai and are mainly looking into it for fun and if we can figure out good workflow that’s a bonus. 90% of…
I run multiple businesses with my father. We need a new office PC and we’re looking to integrate local ai into our workflow. We are by no means experts in ai and are mainly looking into it for fun and if we can figure out good workflow that’s a bonus. 90% of the build is common productivity matters. We don’t run any forms of software like cad, adobe no video editing or blender types. Just need an all around productivity machine with beginner local ai capabilities. looking to spend $800-$2000. I understand the gpu is the big money question for ai so a non ai build price and ai build price would be appreciated. • in America • don’t need peripherals.
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Higher Budget PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus 4.2 GHz 18-Core Processor $194.99 @ Newegg CPU Cooler Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $20.39 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI PRO Z890-S WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard $149.99 @ MSI Memory V-Color Manta XSky RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory $397.99 @ Newegg Storage Crucial P510 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $183.95 @ Amazon Video Card PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card $949.97 @ Amazon Case Cougar MX110 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ Newegg Power Supply ASRock Challenger CL-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ Newegg Total $1997.26 Mid Budget Optionally the RAM can be doubled for CPU-run LLMs with larger parameter counts. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i5-14600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor $239.99 @ B&H CPU Cooler Thermalright RK120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $27.59 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte B760M GAMING PLUS WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard $129.00 @ Amazon Memory Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith RGB Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $194.97 @ Silicon Power Storage Corsair MP600 PRO XT 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $174.99 @ Newegg Video Card MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Video Card $579.99 @ Newegg Case Phanteks XT M3 M25 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $46.98 @ Newegg Power Supply ASRock Challenger CL-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ Newegg Total $1443.50 Low-mid budget PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i5-14400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor $191.45 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus B760M-AYW WIFI D4 II Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard $99.99 @ Newegg Memory Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $99.97 @ Silicon Power Storage Corsair MP600 PRO XT 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $174.99 @ Newegg Video Card Intel 33P6PEB0BB Arc Pro B50 16 GB Video Card $427.99 @ B&H Case Phanteks XT M3 M25 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $46.98 @ Newegg Power Supply ASRock Challenger CL-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ Newegg Total $1091.36
It depends on whether or not your really use the cutting edge features. I use Gemma 31B on a 3090 and it works well, even with vision and thinking. It can go toe to toe with the lower end versions of Claude and ChatGPT but won't compare for deep research, plugins, and other cutting edge features.
locall automation is very specific, pay for Claude, figure out what's worth automating, 2k is childs money for running your own ai
Look for secondhand cards like the RTX A4500, Instinct Mi50/60/100 and basic AI is possible. Note that getting AI as powerful and responsive as a Claude or ChatGPT will cost you a factor 10 of your budget.
Really depends on what exactly you mean by local AI. Running an agent framework like OpenClaw with a commercial frontier model like Claude, for example, doesn't require much at all. Running LLMs locally, OTOH, requires tons of RAM (which is currently very expensive) and it will still be inferior to the frontier models. For most people it's not worth the expense. It's something interesting to play around with, but don't expect getting good results for actual production use.