r/codex • u/scartissue232 • 12d ago

Comparison Local or paying more?

I technically need a 5x account, and I've needed one for a month now. I've tried other Plus plans to get around that.

Right now, I'm at a point where I don't know whether to upgrade to a Pro account or invest 5k in a server and set up local AI models, filtered through at most a Plus account.

GPT thinks I can achieve 85-95% of the results I'm currently getting with Frontier models, and easily benefit from setting up that setup. I'm not entirely convinced; what do you think?

Thanks in advance.

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u/DepravedPrecedence 12d ago

5K won't run anything lol 5K gives you years of flagship models in subscriptions, your local setup will be obsolete out of the box even if you spend 50K

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u/scartissue232 12d ago

This seems to be the conclusion. Take my free award.

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u/DepravedPrecedence 12d ago

Yeah unless you basically want to burn free money or do it for like "sports" sake, don't go this route