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Rate my PC build for large model local LLM

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X GPU1: RTX 4090 GPU2: RTX A6000 128gb RA...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
why not two 4090
Sepia stag film boltzmann
  12/11/24
My combo is more optimal for dual GPU since you can't onboar...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
the CPU absolutely does nothing for LLM?
Sepia stag film boltzmann
  12/11/24
CPU matters. That's why I got the best one
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
There's something called CPU offloading where some processin...
cerebral pearly double fault
  12/11/24
Do you think Apple's future M4 max/ultra cpu will be better ...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
no
cerebral pearly double fault
  12/11/24
M1 Ultra is still plenty
canary deep sweet tailpipe striped hyena
  01/08/25
i have similar but just for poasting
Jet Galvanic Institution
  12/11/24
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Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
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Yapping Parlour
  12/11/24
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lascivious carmine area
  12/11/24
Where are you finding 4090s for sale that aren't jacked up 2...
dun volcanic crater center
  12/11/24
I got it months ago and just putting together now. Are pr...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
For work?
mustard territorial messiness business firm
  12/11/24
Yep
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
Is setting up a local LLM pretty easy? Does it need coding s...
Hyperventilating idiotic sound barrier
  12/11/24
really easy with ollama, https://ollama.com/
mustard territorial messiness business firm
  12/11/24
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Yapping Parlour
  12/11/24
whats the benefit of running these locally vs just subscribi...
Seedy copper factory reset button
  12/11/24
the ones running locally are not as powerful and don't accep...
mustard territorial messiness business firm
  12/11/24
does the hardware above make it practical to train your own?...
Seedy copper factory reset button
  12/11/24
1) Yes the above hardware can easily handle large models and...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
0 chance you will be able to train your own LLM, these compa...
mustard territorial messiness business firm
  12/11/24
You don’t need this much power just to take notes/exam...
Aphrodisiac haunted graveyard lay
  12/11/24
163
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
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lascivious carmine area
  12/11/24
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  12/11/24
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lascivious carmine area
  12/12/24
how much did it all come to? will a local llm be capable of ...
Razzle-dazzle hyperactive pisswyrm
  12/11/24
Under $5k but I didn't buy a6000 card yet Those fuckers a...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
how many watts does the PSU have?
rebellious candlestick maker
  12/11/24
170 Edit: this is the CPU watts
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
that's a bit low, I don't think u actually have built a comp...
rebellious candlestick maker
  12/11/24
Dark Side of the Moon 1350W PSU, Advanced Liquid Cooled CPU ...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
You are using an OEM Alienware part for you PSU? How does t...
rebellious candlestick maker
  12/12/24
OP is growing a beard and changing monikres as we speak
razzmatazz dilemma
  12/12/24
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Costumed milky stain
  12/12/24
I really want to put together my own local LLM setup too. Ta...
Ruby nighttime marketing idea stead
  12/11/24
We should start a discord or something
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
I'm down, I'm still a total noob at this I haven't even star...
Ruby nighttime marketing idea stead
  12/11/24
If you have an M2 or later MacBook/mini you can install olla...
Costumed milky stain
  12/11/24
can u show us what u can do with ur setup
Sepia stag film boltzmann
  12/11/24
What will you use it for? How is it better than just getting...
Cyan ticket booth pozpig
  12/12/24
Re 1st question: scaling and streamlining CRM and customer s...
Costumed milky stain
  12/12/24
link to wat u can get from ur setup
Sepia stag film boltzmann
  12/12/24
automating as much of the client lifecycle as possible t...
razzmatazz dilemma
  12/12/24
Bump for 5090, how many are you getting OP?
dun volcanic crater center
  01/08/25
Isn't it just easier to buy a Mac Studio or whatever it's ca...
Hyperventilating idiotic sound barrier
  01/08/25
You can use this for DeepSeek now!
Adventurous hateful parlor
  01/28/25


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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:25 AM
Author: Costumed milky stain

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

GPU1: RTX 4090

GPU2: RTX A6000

128gb RAM

8TB NVMe 4.0

Windows 11 Pro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48435761)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 2:03 AM
Author: Sepia stag film boltzmann

why not two 4090

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48435788)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 2:12 AM
Author: Costumed milky stain

My combo is more optimal for dual GPU since you can't onboard dual 4090s on 1 motherboard and eGPU throttles 50-70% of 4090 performance due to inherent bandwidth limitations with thunderbolt connection vs A6000 is optimized for low bandwidth and has 48gb VRAM (vs 24gb for 4090) to handle massive data sets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48435793)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 3:34 AM
Author: Sepia stag film boltzmann

the CPU absolutely does nothing for LLM?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48435877)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 5:14 AM
Author: Costumed milky stain

CPU matters. That's why I got the best one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48435907)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:22 AM
Author: cerebral pearly double fault

There's something called CPU offloading where some processing is handled by the CPU. But the kind of operations used in LLMs is different than the kind of operations at which CPUs excel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48436129)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:36 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

Do you think Apple's future M4 max/ultra cpu will be better at LLM?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437276)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 2:57 PM
Author: cerebral pearly double fault

no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437673)



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Date: January 8th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: canary deep sweet tailpipe striped hyena

M1 Ultra is still plenty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48533861)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:34 AM
Author: Jet Galvanic Institution

i have similar but just for poasting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48435773)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 2:14 AM
Author: Costumed milky stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48435795)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 3:05 PM
Author: Yapping Parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437693)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 9:07 PM
Author: lascivious carmine area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438902)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 11:24 AM
Author: dun volcanic crater center

Where are you finding 4090s for sale that aren't jacked up 2x MSRP by scalpers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48436665)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:33 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

I got it months ago and just putting together now.

Are prices on 4090 still that bad? I thought 5090 and 5080 were about to drop any day now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437259)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:34 PM
Author: mustard territorial messiness business firm

For work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437264)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:56 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

Yep

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438874)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:35 PM
Author: Hyperventilating idiotic sound barrier

Is setting up a local LLM pretty easy? Does it need coding savvy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437271)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:36 PM
Author: mustard territorial messiness business firm

really easy with ollama, https://ollama.com/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437274)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:38 PM
Author: Yapping Parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437286)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 3:40 PM
Author: Seedy copper factory reset button

whats the benefit of running these locally vs just subscribing to claude or whatever



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437815)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 3:45 PM
Author: mustard territorial messiness business firm

the ones running locally are not as powerful and don't accept really long context windows. the main benefit is no limits to the number of requests and you can find uncensored models.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437832)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 3:55 PM
Author: Seedy copper factory reset button

does the hardware above make it practical to train your own? could you train on just on a giant dump of legal cases and get one superior at legal research at the expense of everything else, or is that even available better commercially at this point?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437869)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 4:38 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

1) Yes the above hardware can easily handle large models and is possibly even overkill for CRM, basic legal queries / prompts about client's file, and drafting complex legal briefs

2) Local llm with win10 Pro (eg, ollama, GPT4All, chat rtx) is the ONLY option for attorneys to do this offline given client data sensitivity

3) if you spent $10k on a fully spec'd out Mac Pro/Studio with 192gb unified ram it would not come close to this setup for local LLM in terms of speed and ability to handle large data and complex writing tasks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438017)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 5:23 PM
Author: mustard territorial messiness business firm

0 chance you will be able to train your own LLM, these companies spend tens of millions $$$ on gpu hardware to train an LLM.

The best you can do locally is "retrieval augmented generation" that is specific to legal cases/research.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438197)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 1:37 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac haunted graveyard lay

You don’t need this much power just to take notes/exams at NYU Law tax classes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48437283)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:48 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

163

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438847)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 10:29 PM
Author: lascivious carmine area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48439148)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 10:32 PM
Author: sienna internal respiration



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48439153)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 12:12 PM
Author: lascivious carmine area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48440746)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 4:41 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle hyperactive pisswyrm

how much did it all come to? will a local llm be capable of translating from exotic languages?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438026)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:52 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

Under $5k but I didn't buy a6000 card yet

Those fuckers are expensive!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438854)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 5:25 PM
Author: rebellious candlestick maker

how many watts does the PSU have?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438199)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:50 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

170

Edit: this is the CPU watts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438849)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 9:06 PM
Author: rebellious candlestick maker

that's a bit low, I don't think u actually have built a computer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438901)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 9:15 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

Dark Side of the Moon 1350W PSU, Advanced Liquid Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel

Item number: 321-BIKW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438939)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 8:50 AM
Author: rebellious candlestick maker

You are using an OEM Alienware part for you PSU? How does that make sense?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48440037)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 8:54 AM
Author: razzmatazz dilemma

OP is growing a beard and changing monikres as we speak

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48440043)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 10:17 AM
Author: Costumed milky stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48440299)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:53 PM
Author: Ruby nighttime marketing idea stead

I really want to put together my own local LLM setup too. Tagging this thread for later. 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438860)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:53 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

We should start a discord or something

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438863)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 8:59 PM
Author: Ruby nighttime marketing idea stead

I'm down, I'm still a total noob at this I haven't even started to do my own research on what hardware I'll need

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438883)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 9:01 PM
Author: Costumed milky stain

If you have an M2 or later MacBook/mini you can install ollama or lm studio right now on an external ssd and start fucking around

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48438889)



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Date: December 11th, 2024 10:31 PM
Author: Sepia stag film boltzmann

can u show us what u can do with ur setup

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48439150)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 10:23 AM
Author: Cyan ticket booth pozpig

What will you use it for? How is it better than just getting a subscription to Claude/ChatGPT?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48440310)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 10:58 AM
Author: Costumed milky stain

Re 1st question: scaling and streamlining CRM and customer service; reducing bottlenecks, automating as much of the client lifecycle as possible

Re 2nd question: mainly compliance with HIPAA, SCA, ECPA, CPRA etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48440474)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 11:04 AM
Author: Sepia stag film boltzmann

link to wat u can get from ur setup

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48440496)



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Date: December 12th, 2024 1:06 PM
Author: razzmatazz dilemma

automating as much of the client lifecycle as possible

tptptptp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48441000)



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Date: January 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: dun volcanic crater center

Bump for 5090, how many are you getting OP?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48533708)



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Date: January 8th, 2025 9:08 PM
Author: Hyperventilating idiotic sound barrier

Isn't it just easier to buy a Mac Studio or whatever it's called? Supposedly it's very good for private LLM stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48533823)



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Date: January 28th, 2025 3:12 PM
Author: Adventurous hateful parlor

You can use this for DeepSeek now!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5647806&forum_id=2:#48598692)