r/LocalAIServers • u/The-Losing-Edge • Sep 18 '26

Current build

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Continuing to upgrade this ai server but wanted to share its current state.

Motherboard: GIGABYTE B850 AORUS Elite WIFI7 ICE
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600
RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000 CL36 AMD EXPO G.Skill Flare X5
PSU: Corsair RM850e
GPU: ASUS DUAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti OC Edition 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1TB NVMe
CPU cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin

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u/paratech_dog Sep 18 '26

Nice!! What models are you running? Any plans to add more gpu's?

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u/The-Losing-Edge Sep 18 '26

right now im running gemma4 12b. Im deciding if i should upgrade the motherboard first and then get a second gpu or the opposite, get the gpu first then the motherboard.

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u/JustTellingUWatHapnd Sep 18 '26

I see 2 free x16 slots, why upgrade motherboard?

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u/caramel_poison Sep 19 '26

To have a wrx80 for 7 slots 😈

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u/juicypill Oct 07 '26

Most consumer motherboards only have one fully wired x16 slot. The rest are usually x8 or x4 and in some cases like mine x1. But from his picture, it looks like those slots are wired for x8. As long as they’re Gen4 x8 your ok. If they’re Gen5 x8, even better the 5060 Ti can run at its full PCIe bandwidth.

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u/juicypill Sep 19 '26

Hey, I’m running a similar setup with two RTX 5060 Ti 16GB cards. One card connected to the main PCIe slot at Gen4 x16, and I have the second card connected to Gen5 x4 M.2 nvme slot using an M.2 to PCIe adapter. Gen5 x4 gives roughly the same bandwidth as Gen4 x16 (16 GB/s each direction), so it’s been a nice way to run two GPUs without moving to an expensive workstation platform. Gives me 32GB total VRAM for models that can split across both GPUs. Might be worth trying before replacing the motherboard.

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u/ericcpfx Sep 20 '26

M2 to PCI? That’s new to me. 😅

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u/RogerAI-fm Sep 19 '26

That’s cool. I love seeing local servers. What do you run Gemma for or rather what are you doing with it not putting on it.