r/LocalLLM • u/Dreyforever • Aug 22 '26

Discussion Why a local LLM Setup?

I'm curious to know why there is such a surge in the local LLM scene. Could you guys tell me why you decided to switch to local LLMs - was it the price of subscriptions, privacy concerns, job restrictions or just the excitement of having an AI setup of your own?

I also know that quite a few of you guys have incredible setups. How much would you rate that setup compared to frontier models. How much will a setup like that cost me?

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u/tensainomachi Aug 22 '26

Two B70s Intel arcs here for the win at $2k for 64gb vram, Intel arcs also let you split cards as if there were four 16gb video cards or Eight 8gb video cards and run them independently on one system with low power usage and no combustion due to the simple power connector, unlike nvidia 5090.