u/AdventurousAgency371

I’m a MacBook Pro user, but My 10 yo is eager to play some steam games and I am interested in learning basic AI stuff like fine tuning small LLMs, and I don’t want to use large computer case, even thinking of the possibility of carrying it on travels. So I’m considering building a sff or itx pc for us to find out.

But after asking gpt for parts lists, the cost of appealing solutions went up from $1000( I have 2x 16gb 2666 ) to 2000 and it was prone to going up. I want to hear voice from human. what is your thoughts and suggestions?

I’m also interested in your use cases. And do you actually seldom use your sff pc though you built it with excitement, or indeed you play with it a lot or even use it as your main machine?

What’s your pc’s volume and cost? What’s the parts list especially for local AI purpose?

It seems I am looking for reasons to stop the spending, but that’s a habit, and still wouldn’t stop me from making many purchases.

Thank you for your sharing in advance!

I have worked at home for more than 10 years and it seems I can't stand it any more. For the past year I have done little work, and could not force myself to be productive. But in the last few days, in the tiny space on the passenger seat of my model y, I feel calm, sort of, and can do some work.

I've been thinking that I need to see one or two strangers now and then around me who will not disturb me, so I parked the car in a parking lot with trees blocking some sunlight.

Will keep doing it to find out if it's sustainable or can be a good alternative of home/office for work.