Prices & Market
What hardware costs right now, and which way the market is moving.
GPU prices for local AI work are volatile, and the used market moves separately from retail. These pieces track new and used street prices, the supply conditions driving them, and the points where an older card beats a newer one on throughput per dollar.
RTX 5090 vs RTX 3090 for Local LLMs
RTX 5090 vs used RTX 3090 for running LLMs locally: community tok/s data, VRAM math, street prices and which card actually wins.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 8 min readLocal LLM GPU Buying Guide (2026)What to buy to run local LLMs in September 2026, chosen by VRAM tier with current US prices, used-market alternatives and honest tradeoffs.
- Sep 10, 2026 · 3 min readGPU prices, Sep 10 2026: entry cards cooledNewegg-observed snapshot for Sep 10, 2026 — RTX 3060 $454.62, 5060 Ti 16GB $779.99, RTX 5090 $4,899.99, Arc Pro B60 $959, each row with its source.
- Sep 5, 2026 · 4 min readBuying Used GPUs for Local LLMsUsed GPU guide for local LLM inference: RTX 3090 and A6000 market prices, CMP 170HX mining cards, Tesla P100/V100 — what to check before you buy.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 4 min readBudget Build Monthly — September 2026First monthly build review: three tiers vs. the 2026-09-04 price snapshot, plus value picks — Intel's 24GB at $599 and AMD's 32GB at $1,329.
- Sep 10, 2026 · 4 min readWhat $1,000 buys for local LLMs (Sep 2026)What $500-$1,000 buys in VRAM for local LLMs, from the 2026-09-28 price snapshot: 12GB, 16GB, 24GB and now 32GB.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 2 min read$800 Entry Build for Local LLMsThe cheapest sensible local-LLM machine: a 12GB card that runs 7B–14B models well. Prices as of 2026-09-28.
- Sep 6, 2026 · 4 min readRTX 5090 32GB Flagship Build (2026)The 2026 single-card speed ceiling: an RTX 5090 32GB build against the 2026-09-28 price snapshot, with sourced-only board numbers.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 3 min readState of Local AI Hardware — Q3 2026The VRAM shortage has flipped the 2026 GPU market: 5090s at $9,000, the 3060 resurrection, 48GB as the new anchor, and what it means for local-LLM buyers.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 2 min read$1,500 Sweet-Spot Build (Used RTX 3090)The best tokens-per-dollar in 2026: one used RTX 3090 24GB runs 32B models interactive and 70B at patient speeds. Prices as of 2026-09-28.
- Sep 28, 2026 · 6 min readSeptember 2026: What 164 Runs Changed164 new rows, 142 of them sourced, two new models measured, and a used-GPU market that moved up 24%: the month in board data.
- Sep 5, 2026 · 3 min readThe 48GB VRAM Local LLM BuildHow to get 48GB of VRAM for 70B-class local LLMs: dual RTX 3090 vs used A6000 48GB — power, cooling, PCIe and real community tok/s.
- Sep 5, 2026 · 3 min readBest GPU for Qwen3: VRAM Tiers per ModelWhich GPU runs which Qwen3 model — 0.5B to 180B mapped to VRAM tiers, with real community tok/s from 143 sourced DiggTop benchmark runs.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 2 min readRun 70B Models on Two Used RTX 3090sThe 48GB route: running 70B-class models at usable speeds on a pair of used RTX 3090s for around $2,600. Pricing as of 2026-09-28.