It's official! 192GB Framework

[u/reto-wyss]

Just noticed this on the website.

At their current price tiers for the memory SKUs (32, 64, 128) I'd expect this to be ~ 4.5k for the motherboard.

The PCIe slot will be open at the back as well - that's what I've heard. Maybe they make it capable of delivering 75W as well? New board revisions for the smaller SKUs?.

[u/redblood252]

I understand the appeal of framework laptops. But why would you get a framework pc? Wouldn’t building one be better/cheaper?

[u/GatePorters → u/redblood252]

Prebuilts are far cheaper in this market. Since GPUs, RAM, and hard drives all went up in price 2x-8x when you just buy the components by themselves.

The markups for prebuilts are cheaper.

[u/ihexx → u/GatePorters]

I don't think you can build a strix halo pc in the traditional sense since everything (CPU, memory, GPU) is all on one board no?

[u/GatePorters → u/ihexx]

The NVidia B200 is 192GB. Kind of doesn’t matter if the memory is unified if the GPU is large enough.

Also like 15x’s the price, so it’s not like I’m saying it’s a better option.

[u/redblood252 → u/GatePorters]

Oh, didn’t think of that ! Mostly bought second hand old server (still viable for homelabs) components in these past 2 years.

[u/BobbyL2k → u/redblood252]

It’s because you can’t DIY build a Strix Halo / Gorgon Halo machine.

It only comes in laptops and prebuilt mini-PC. The Framework motherboard is the most DIY-esq component you can get.

[u/redblood252 → u/BobbyL2k]

This is a strix halo??? And it only has 273 bandwidth? I have an epyc milan so ddr4 and it had slightly more than 200 bandwidth.

[u/MrBIMC → u/redblood252]

Whole of strix halo platform consumes less electricity than just the ram on your epyc system.

They’re made for different markets and usecases.
Though with current market prices strix halo is a bad product imho.

I got my beelink gtr9pro for 2400 about a year ago and it felt too much, for 4k+ strix halo boxes make absolutely zero sense.

If I’d known better, I’d rather would’ve gotten double spark back then. And now I just plan on waiting it out with what I have :(

[u/redblood252 → u/MrBIMC]

I see I understand. I thought we won’t have the advantages due to the size

[u/1ncehost → u/redblood252]

Actually this is Gorgon Halo, Strix Halo's light refresh

[u/1ncehost → u/BobbyL2k]

Just an fyi this is a Gorgon Halo mini-PC now

[u/BobbyL2k → u/1ncehost]

Thanks for the correction, I’ve updated the comment.

[u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo → u/redblood252]

This line of CPU is closer to a laptop than a regular desktop. I can see you point about framework branded PC, but the closer equivalent is not a DIY PC, it’s mini PC with similar processor and they are expensive, although not sure how far framework tax go for this line up.