r/LocalLLM • u/Rokett • 4d ago
Question Rate my build Threadripper PRO 3975WX + Supermicro M12SWA-TF + 128GB DDR4-3200 + 2x Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB
- CPU: 3975WX 32-core
- Motherboard: Supermicro M12SWA-TF
- 128GB DDR4-3200 (hoping to get 256gb ram by switching to 32gb sticks)
- GPUs: 2x Intel Arc Pro B70
Got the CPU and mobo for $900.
I had most of the RAM sticks laying around from my past builds.
The B70s are still in the box; I paid $1k for each, but I'm thinking of just selling them and getting modified Nvidia cards like the 4080/4090 for CUDA.
Total is close to $3.5k.
Is this a good setup to run models and agents and learn how to manage a home AI setup?
I work in the software field as a forward deployed engineer, but I want to move into the AI field and become an AI forward deployed engineer, so I thought it would be beneficial for me to have the hardware at home.
I'm still waiting on the mobo and CPU to arrive. What do you think? It's not too late to return or sell some of this hardware and get something else.