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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.
Used Optiplex + RTX 3060 = Local AI for Under $450 (Full Build)
Build a local AI PC for under $450: used Dell Optiplex + RTX 3060 12GB runs Qwen 3.5 9B at 35-45 tok/s. Full parts list, where to buy, 2026 pricing.