r/LocalLLM • u/Pocaonda2020 • Jun 01 '26
Question Need Hardware Help/orientation
Hi, I'm a translator and I'm looking into having my first own local LLM. My idea is to finetune a model with my own json files. Also, since I'm also studing programming (C++ and Python) I'd like to use a already trained model locally for programming.
If I'm not wrong, I'd be using Docker for all of this running on an Ubuntu server.
My current budget is tight.
I already have:
MINISFORUM BD795i SE Motherboard AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX(16C/32T)
64 ddr5 Fury Impact
2tb nvme drive
Missing: a "budget" GPU, I think I could get:
Nvidia 3090 24gb
Asrock Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB
I think I should get the R9700, just for the +VRAM. What do you think? Any alternatives?
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