DGX Spark & Strix Halo vs. EPYC 7702 & Threadripper 7995WX as a Home Ai Server

CPU Inference on my Threadripper 7995WX and EPYC 7702 may point to what we can expect for performance from the Ryzen AI Max and Nvidia DGX Spark when they soon launch. Checkout the article for even more thoughts on this https://digitalspaceport.com/dgx-halo...

CPUs
EPYC 7702 https://geni.us/EPYC_7702_UpvU
EPYC 7C13 (recommended instead of 7702) https://geni.us/7C13_EPYC_CPU
Threadripper Pro 7995wx https://geni.us/AMD_TR_PRO_7995WX

LOCAL AI SERVER BUILD WRITEUPS AND VIDEOS
7995WX Build Video    • INSANE AMD Threadripper 7995wx Build  
High End AI Server https://digitalspaceport.com/local-ai...
Mid Range Ai Server https://digitalspaceport.com/local-ai...
$500 Deepseek R1 671B on a Z440    • Deepseek R1 671b on a $500 AI PC!  

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Written Build Guide with all the Updated AI Rig Component Options and Benchmarks https://digitalspaceport.com/local-ai...

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GPU Rack Frame https://geni.us/GPU_Rack_Frame
Supermicro H12ssl-i MOBO (better option vs mz32-ar0) https://geni.us/MBD_H12SSL-I-O
Gigabyte MZ32-AR0 MOBO https://geni.us/mz32-ar0_motherboard
AMD 7V13 (newer, faster vs 7702) https://geni.us/EPYC_7V13_CPU
RTX 3090 24GB GPU (x4) https://geni.us/GPU3090
256GB (8x32GB) DDR4 2400 RAM https://geni.us/256GB_DDR4_RAM
PCIe4 Risers (x4) https://geni.us/PCIe4_Riser_Cable
AMD SP3 Air Cooler (easier vs water cooler) https://geni.us/EPYC_SP3_COOLER
iCUE H170i water cooler https://geni.us/iCUE_H170i_Capellix
(sTRX4 fits SP3 and retention kit comes with the CAPELLIX)
CORSAIR HX1500i PSU https://geni.us/Corsair_HX1500iPSU
4i SFF-8654 to 4i SFF-8654 (x4, not needed for H12SSL-i) https://geni.us/SFF8654_to_SFF8654
ARCTIC MX4 Thermal Paste https://geni.us/Arctic_ThermalPaste
Kritical Thermal GPU Pads https://geni.us/Kritical-Thermal-Pads
HDD Rack Screws for Fans https://geni.us/HDD_RackScrews

24GB Z440 AI SERVER BUILD    • AI Home Server 24GB VRAM $750 Budget Build...  
HP Z440 https://geni.us/HP_Z440
3060 12GB (need 2 for 24GB) https://geni.us/3060_GPU_12GB
6 to 8 pin PCIe adapter cable https://geni.us/GPUPowerAdapt6pin-8pin

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Chapters
0:00 CPU Inference Benchmark
0:55 Bandwidth Performance for LLMs
1:42 Gemma 3 12b QAT Local AI
3:00 Mistral 24b Local Ai CPU Only test
4:44 Gemma 3 4b QAT CPU perf
5:30 QwQ Local Ai CPU Perf
6:34 Gemma 3 27b QAT CPU Perf
7:36 DGX Spark and HALO STRIX Local Ai Perf

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