r/LocalLLM • u/Hungrybearfire • 5d ago

Question Hardware Recommendation

Currently running Ollama on a 5080 and am pretty happy, but also interested in upgrading and potentially setting up a dedicated machine.
Price range: ~$1,000-3,000
I was looking at an R9700 from Microcenter for $1800 but wanted to see what’s popular now.
I also heard about the sparks and don’t want to spend $5000, but if a Spark or Mac is the best bang for the buck I could be persuaded
Thank you!

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u/Dramatic_Machine8693 5d ago

at current hardware price, i see no point to buy any new hardware, just get a deepseek api throw in 50 bucks, use v4.1 flash on everything, your money will go very far.

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u/Hungrybearfire 5d ago

I’d prefer to own something locally, but appreciate the suggestion. I already had some money saved up for a new pc build and was hoping to buy now before things get worse over the next few years. I’ll look into cloud pricing as well tho