Gotta love AI bubble prices.
For 5k I can get a tower pc with a 5090 gpu with a i9 ultra processor and 2tb of ram for
Almost 3k....Asus can keep that expensive mini garbage
Slightly higher price than a steam machine :)
Quote from: Lance Price on June 27, 2026, 23:58:16For 5k I can get a tower pc with a 5090 gpu with a i9 ultra processor and 2tb of ram for
Almost 3k....Asus can keep that expensive mini garbage
I think the ultra processors can only support a maximum of 256 RAM. And if it could support 2TB of RAM, I think 2TB RAM kits go for approx $12,000.00.
Quote from: heffeque on June 26, 2026, 19:35:20Gotta love AI bubble prices.
Not sure how much of a bubble AI is, but check this out: www. youtube.com/watch?v=EHxwuliHTXA IT Entrepreneur Böminghaus on AI: Reality Instead of Hype.
And open-weight LLM models are becoming better and better. For privacy legal reasons they are a must.
A desktop PC with same specs would probably be quite a bit cheaper and be upgradable and repairable, tho.
Also read the comments under the vid, many agree with him as they are already using AI.
"For privacy legal reasons they are a must."
Nice try AI-bot.