Illustrative build · sample prices
Silent home server
A low-power 16 GB box for an always-on household assistant. Tuned for idle draw, not peak speed.
Data checked: 2026-10-12. Review interval shown below. Prices need review after 30 days; specifications and benchmark collections after 90 days. Dates describe the recorded check, not a live retailer quote.
- Verified Checked against the primary source (for example the model’s config.json on Hugging Face).
- Sourced Taken from a cited source; not yet independently checked.
- Estimate Calculated with the published formulas; not a measurement.
- Sample Placeholder data for layout; not a real figure.
- Not yet measured No public, citable score found for this benchmark yet. We never fill the gap with a guess.
Verified metadata is not a measured performance result. Only cited runs matching model, device, quant and recorded context can replace speed estimates. Estimates assume one stream and F16 KV cache, with a ±25% uncertainty band. A published run applies only to its recorded runtime and conditions; missing settings are unknown.
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Includes the listed system parts. Excludes tax, shipping, peripherals, maintenance, financing and resale. Sample parts prices may differ from current hardware catalogue prices. Electricity assumes 230 W whole-system load for 4 h and 30 W idle for 20 h daily, 30 days at $0.15/kWh. Power is unmeasured.
Parts list
Sample parts and prices for layout.
Part | Item | Price, USD |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB (power-limited to 150 W) | $449Sample |
| CPU | Ryzen 5 8600G | $179Sample |
| Motherboard | B650 mini-ITX | $169Sample |
| Memory | 32 GB DDR5-5600 (2×16) | $99Sample |
| Storage | 2 TB NVMe Gen4 | $119Sample |
| PSU | 550 W SFX 80+ Platinum | $129Sample |
| Case | Fanless-friendly ITX case | $139Sample |
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Expected speed
Reference models, default quant, 8k context.
Model | Verdict | tok/s |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 8B | Fits | 27.7Estimate |
| gpt-oss-20b | Fits | 75.5Estimate |
| Qwen3 14B | Fits | 16.7Estimate |
Break-even card
Electricity $6.84/month (230 W × 4 h + 30 W idle × 20 h, $0.15/kWh).
Plan | Price / month | Months to break even |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Plus | $20 | 97.5 |
| Claude Pro | $20 | 97.5 |
| Google AI Pro | $19.99 | 97.6 |
| Claude Max (5×) | $100 | 13.8 |
| ChatGPT Pro 100 | $100 | 13.8 |
| Google AI Ultra (5×) | $99.99 | 13.8 |
| Claude Max (20×) | $200 | 6.6 |
| ChatGPT Pro 200 | $200 | 6.6 |
| Google AI Ultra (20×) | $199.99 | 6.6 |
| ChatGPT Pro 500 (top tier) | $500 | 2.6 |
Break-even = hardware ÷ (plan − electricity). It ignores capability: a local model is not a frontier model. Adjust the numbers.