Thinking about grabbing an RTX 2000 Ada 16gb to add to my gaming pc for inference due to Wattage constraints, any advice?

So, I’m currently just short of being able to run the mainline dense SLMs (Qwen 27b/Gemma 31b), running a i9-14900F/RTX4070 Super/32GB DDR5 setup w/ a 700W 80 Gold PSU and a MSI PRO B760-VC WI-FI IV motherboard iirc, a prebuilt gaming pc. I ain’t much of a part switcher, so I’m trying to keep changes to a minimum as well as costs. I’m thinking of tacking on a RTX 2000 Ada 16gb for a few reasons, mainly the 75W TDP, okay-ish price at around 900* (they changed the damn price from two weeks ago, was around 700), and similar drivers and architecture to my 4070 super. Maybe another 32GB DDR5 IF i can find it since they’re Apacer Panther models, and I think I’d be set. Anyone got any advice to the contrary, pointers as to better deals or sources, or anything else useful? I’m fairly certain this is my best bet come Black Friday/Cyber Monday, but I’m curious what y’all’s thoughts are. submitted by /u/tableball35 [link] [comments]

Source: r/LocalLLaMA | 2026-09-07