Judge my build!
Yo, where did I go wrong?
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor (245£)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S D-Type Premium Cooler (50£)
Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (110£)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (60£)
Storage: Crucial T705 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (110£)
Video Card 1: Sapphire AMD Radeon AI Pro R9700 32GB GDDR6 LITE PCI-Express Graphics Card (1400£)
Video Card 2: Sapphire AMD Radeon AI Pro R9700 32GB GDDR6 LITE PCI-Express Graphics Card (1400£)
Power Supply: Corsair HX1200i (2025) 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (80£)
Case: Antec CX800 (50£)
Total: 705 + 2x1400 = 3505£
My plan: Qwen 3.8 27b in VRAM and maybe CPU+SSD stream Qwen 122b and serve to my other work desktop (with plenty of ddr4) to work and run apps etc.
Later on if I find a good deal or DDR5 returns to pre-pocalyptic-prices, I'd obviously be happy to bump it up.
Posted Aug 29, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC