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1U mini PC for AI? (startrek.website)
submitted 5 days ago by nagaram@startrek.website to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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My rack is finished for now (because I'm out of money).

Last time I posted I had some jank cables going through the rack and now we're using patch panels with color coordinated cables!

But as is tradition, I'm thinking about upgrades and I'm looking at that 1U filler panel. A mini PC with a 5060ti 16gb or maybe a 5070 12gb would be pretty sick to move my AI slop generating into my tiny rack.

I'm also thinking about the PI cluster at the top. Currently that's running a Kubernetes cluster that I'm trying to learn on. They're all PI4 4GB, so I was going to start replacing them with PI5 8/16GB. Would those be better price/performance for mostly coding tasks? Or maybe a discord bot for shitposting.

Thoughts? MiniPC recs? Wanna bully me for using AI? Please do!

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[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You could combine both 1U fillers and install a 2U PC, which would be easier to find.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago

I was thinking about that now that I have Mac Minis on the mind. I might even just set a mac mini on top next to the modem.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You also could pickup a powerful CPU with lots of memory bandwidth like a threadripper

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think I'm going to have a harder time fitting a threadripper in my 10 inch rack than I am getting any GPU in there.

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[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Since you seem to be looking for problems to solve with new hardware, do you have a NAS already? Could be tight in 1U but maybe you can figure something out.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago

I do already have a NAS. It's in another box in my office.

I was considering replacing the PIs with a BOD and passing that through to one of my boxes via USB and virtualizing something. I compromised by putting 2tb Sata SSDs in each box to use for database stuff and then backing that up to the spinning rust in the other room.

How do I do that? Good question. I take suggestions.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

If you can swing $2K, get one of the new mini PCs with an AMD 395 and 64GB+ RAM (ideally 128GB).

They're tiny, lower power, and the absolute best way to run the new MoEs like Qwen3 or GLM Air for coding. TBH they would blow a 5060 TI out of the water, as having a ~100GB VRAM pool is a total game changer.

I would kill for one on an ITX mobo with an x8 slot.

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[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The AI hate is overwhelming at times. This is great. What kind of things are you doing with it?

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