# Value 16 GB

> Illustrative build. A new 16 GB card in a plain AM5 tower. Runs every 14B model at Q4 with long context, and gpt-oss-20b at full speed.

Canonical: https://thelocalbench.com/builds/value-16gb · Data as of 2026-10-12 · The Local Bench (thelocalbench.com), data as of 2026-10-12, CC BY 4.0

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Total: $1,173 [sample] · Load 250 W · Idle 45 W · Electricity $8.55/month

## Parts

| Part | Item | USD | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB | 479 | sample |
| CPU | Ryzen 5 7600 | 189 | sample |
| Motherboard | B650 micro-ATX | 129 | sample |
| Memory | 32 GB DDR5-6000 (2×16) | 109 | sample |
| Storage | 2 TB NVMe Gen4 | 119 | sample |
| PSU | 650 W 80+ Gold | 79 | sample |
| Case | Mesh mid-tower | 69 | sample |

## Expected speed

- Qwen3 14B: 26.0 tok/s [estimate]
- gpt-oss-20b: 117.4 tok/s [estimate]
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: 44.8 tok/s [estimate]