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Rows of GPUs mounted in an open server rack used for large-scale AI inference

DeepSeek's 'cheap' AI model costs 3 cents a query in the cloud. running it yourself needs $10k of GPUs

the model that made headlines for being nearly free to rent turns out to be one of the most expensive things you could try to self-host

Lena Fischer · Aug 4 · 6 min

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card, popular for its 24GB of VRAM

I priced out every way to run a 70B AI model at home — the cheapest one isn't what you'd guess

Four real paths to running a 70B-parameter model on your own hardware or by the hour — priced out with actual 2026 numbers.

Lena Fischer · Aug 4 · 8 min

Apple Mac Studio desktop computer on a desk

apple quietly cut its priciest Mac's RAM by 81% — and it might still be the smarter local-AI buy

Apple's own memory shortage just raised Mac Studio prices and gutted its top RAM tier — here's whether it's still worth buying over a GPU PC for running models at home.

Lena Fischer · Aug 4 · 8 min

Apple's Mac Studio desktop computer on a desk

Hardware

apple's mac studio just beat nvidia's own local-AI chip — and the win doesn't add up

Tom's Hardware ran the numbers on three very different local-AI machines, and the Mac won on raw speed almost across the board — just not by the margin its spec sheet promised.

Ravi Malhotra · Aug 2 · 6 min