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LLaMA user regrets motherboard purchase, seeks GPU/RAM upgrade advice

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A user on the r/LocalLLaMA subreddit expressed regret after purchasing a Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard with the intention of running large language models locally. The user discovered that the motherboard does not support their 32GB GPUs, specifically two Mi50s and two V620s, which they had hoped to use for models like Qwen3.6-35B-A3B. They are now seeking recommendations for compatible hardware, ideally allowing them to reuse the DDR3 RDIMMs, but are prepared to invest up to $1000 if necessary. AI

IMPACT Minimal impact; this is a user-specific hardware troubleshooting query.

RANK_REASON User-generated content on a niche subreddit about hardware compatibility issues for running LLMs locally.

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LLaMA user regrets motherboard purchase, seeks GPU/RAM upgrade advice

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/exaknight21 ·

    I messed up. Buying Z9PE-D8 WS with 4 x16 Slots and 256GB DDR3 RDIMM

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey yall. What I am feeling is a mixture of idiocracy and dishevelment.</p> <p>I looked at this motherboard with 256 RDIMMs and the x16 slots. I have 2x V620 and 2x Mi50 32GB. I wanted to play. That’s all. Mi50s would run Qwen3.6-35B-A3B at q4 an…

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