r/LocalLLaMA: 'What is the best hardware under 10k to run local big models with over 200b parameters?'

Post 79 upvotes, 185 comments, shown as '1y ago' at access 2026-10-04. Top answer (85 upvotes) is the strongest single statement of the used-3090 consensus found, with a memory-price counterargument; the runner-up (12 upvotes) is a real owner reporting a 768GB-DDR5 CPU-only build superseded by one RTX 5090, and a later comment arguing for renting instead. Upvote counts are a popularity proxy, not a measurement.