​ I found this used PC in my local market for around $420: - CPU: Xeon E5-2640 v3 (8C/16T) - Motherboard: X99 (exact model unknown) - RAM: 16GB DDR4 (planning to upgrade to 256GB) - Storage: 128GB SSD - Includes a 1080p 144Hz monitor and accessories. I'm planning to add my RTX 3090 Ti 24GB and upgrade to 256GB DDR4, mainly to run large LLMs using Strata Engine with RAM/VRAM offloading. This is one of the few affordable platforms available locally that might support more than 128GB RAM. My question: Would this old Xeon be usable for Strata inference, or would its CPU and memory bandwidth make it painfully slow? Is it worth buying, or should I avoid it?   submitted by   /u/Ammoryyy [link]   [comments]