Hey team,
Years ago, SO gifted me an Alienware Aurora R7.
It has an Intel I7-8700 and Nvidia GTX 1080 (8GB VRAM), 16 GB of DDR 4 RAM. (what else is relevant to this question?)
My question to you is basically this -
Given that I’m not gaming with it anymore, I want to use it for only two things -
- Plex Server
- Running random local LLM stuff like Kotaemon (https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon)
Let’s say I have $1000 to throw at a GPU and I’d like to get 16 GB VRAM (or 24 if it’s possible). I want to install it myself rather than take it into a shop.
What’s a GPU I can buy that will fit,
- within my budget?
- within the chassis?
- with the CPU and motherboard without issues?
- with the needs I’ve detailed (namely Plex transcoding, and running ML models)?
I am an absolute noob when it comes to figuring out what hardware to buy (hey, we got us an Alienware sucker here).
So lemmings, help me out! I’d rather not ask ChatGPT.
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Not 100% sure about the chassis and compatibility with the rest of your rig so hopefully someone follows up on me, but in general I would try getting the AMD 9070 XT if you can find it near its real price ($600). That might be a bit difficult since it just released, so I would wait until it starts being more available if you can.
If not that, I’d recommend the 4060 Ti (16GB). Note that there’s an 8GB version too, do NOT buy that one. Nvidia is generally better when it comes to running AI, but the new AMD gpus are pretty good too.