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Please help me decide: 3090 or new Mac Mini?

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I’m debating between buying a used 3090 or a new Mac Mini and I’m stuck in analysis paralysis. I have all the hardware necessary for the 3090, it would just be a swap with my 3060. And I am fully in Apple’s ecosystem. For the Mac Mini I’m looking at the M5 Pro with 64GB RAM for $2700. I know that t…

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  1. 2026-08-31 00:04 · r/LocalLLM
    Please help me decide: 3090 or new Mac Mini?

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