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Could a used PS5 be a cheap local LLM box? Napkin math inside

The PS5 has 16GB GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus at 448 GB/s, the same bandwidth as a 5060 Ti 16GB. Used ones go for roughly $350-450, and there's a Linux loader for it: https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader I know a chunk of the RAM goes to the OS, so say ~14-15GB is realistically usable. That stil…

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  1. 2026-09-30 19:49 · r/LocalLLM
    Could a used PS5 be a cheap local LLM box? Napkin math inside

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