AMD
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6
gpu 78 tok/s
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=amd+rx+7900+xtx&tag=dare404-20
UPGRADES & BUILDS
The Hardware Grid
Inference rigs and components we actually use to run local AI. Benchmarked. Honest. Upgradable.
Agent Score (0–100):
A local-AI benchmark rating for running agents through Ollama, llama.cpp, or similar engines. It favors VRAM, CUDA/ROCm support, tokens per second, and sustained thermal performance.
Antminer
Antminer S21
Bitmain Antminer S21 (200Th/s, 3500W)
mining
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=antminer+s21&ref=nb_sb_noss&tag=dare404-20
Beelink
Beelink SER7 Pro
Beelink SER7 Pro (AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD)
mini-pc 42 tok/s
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCP7XRV4?tag=dare404-20
Corsair
Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5
Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 5600MHz (2x32GB)
memory
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=corsair+64gb+ddr5&tag=dare404-20
Framework
Framework Desktop
Framework Desktop (modular mini-ITX, up to RTX 4090)
mini-pc 72 tok/s
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=framework+desktop&tag=dare404-20
Geekom
Geekom A8
Geekom A8 (AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD)
mini-pc 52 tok/s
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Geekom+A8+Ryzen+9+8945HS&ref=nb_sb_noss&tag=dare404-20
Ledger
Ledger Nano X
Ledger Nano X Hardware Wallet
wallet
View on Amazon → https://shop.ledger.com/?r=ca1b30139f19
Apple
Mac Studio M4 Max
Apple Mac Studio (M4 Max, 36GB–128GB unified memory)
mini-pc 78 tok/s
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mac+studio+m4+max&tag=dare404-20
NVIDIA
NVIDIA RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X
gpu 95 tok/s
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rtx+4090&tag=dare404-20
NVIDIA
NVIDIA RTX 5090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7
gpu 99 tok/s
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rtx+5090&tag=dare404-20
Samsung
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Gen4 SSD
storage
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=samsung+990+pro+2tb&tag=dare404-20
Whatsminer
Whatsminer M60S
MicroBT Whatsminer M60S (186Th/s, 3606W)
mining
View on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/s?k=whatsminer+m60s&ref=nb_sb_noss&tag=dare404-20