That’s only true if you think AI is the only reason to own a powerful and efficient server. Mine does plenty of traditional server stuff too.

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SwellJoe 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I can do traditional server stuff on any old computer with a big hard disk and a decent amount of RAM. That's not worth $3500-$4000. When RAMpocalypse is over and we can buy a Strix Halo for under $2000 again, the math starts mathing. It becomes a pretty great desktop computer that also happens to run AI pretty well at a pretty good price.

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sosodev 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, but that computer can’t also do the AI stuff. And not everybody has a desktop with multiple 32GB GPUs available.

I’ll admit though I’m biased because I bought my board for $1600 back before the prices went crazy.

	▲	downrightmike an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Oh no a tough constraint that will lead to further innovation like deepseek. How terrible.

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surcap526 25 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

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ArvidSu 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

An "AI" server can do traditional server stuff but a traditional server can't do AI stuff (inference)

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