User builds home server from old PC and mining GPUs, runs Qwen3 27B at ~30 tokens/s
A user on r/LocalLLaMA described building a home server from an old i7-4790K PC plus two mining GPUs with 30GB total VRAM for $250, reaching about 30 tokens per second on a Qwen3 27B model. CPU-only inference had managed 10-20 tokens/s on MoE models and under 3 tokens/s on dense models.