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4x R9700 builds with $127 used EPYCs: $10.7k all-in per machine. I built three (384GB VRAM)

I saw the 4x R9700 build for a 10-person startup here a few days ago and wanted to share my results, since I opted to spend most of the money on the cards. I went with a super cheap used EPYC instead of a Threadripper. In the end it came to about $10.7k per box all-in, and I built three of them for…

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  1. 2026-10-15 00:31 · r/LocalLLaMA
    4x R9700 builds with $127 used EPYCs: $10.7k all-in per machine. I built three (384GB VRAM)

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