Build-Guide
Building a Distributed AI Swarm for Under $1,100
A complete bill of materials for a three-node distributed AI cluster: RTX 3090 workstation, ThinkCentre M710Q for light inference, Raspberry Pi 5 coordinator. Every part sourced used or cheap, total cost under $1,100.
Build a Local AI PC for Under $500
A used Dell Optiplex + RTX 3060 12GB runs 14B LLMs and Stable Diffusion for under $450. Full parts list, real speed benchmarks, and what to skip to save money.