best mini PC for local use

[batchscope72]

I'd approach it in a boring order. On Threadripper box, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survives.

[tensorriver]

What worked for me was pretty simple. Start by verifying the driver/runtime combo, then test with a smaller prompt, then look at VRAM headroom.

[promptfield]

Not sure I agree there. The reported numbers can look compelling, but in ordinary usage I didn't see the same benefit. Could be a workload difference, but I wouldn't generalize too fast from one setup.

[llm_wren]

Ran a quick check on my box. My result was mixed: first run looked bad, second run looked normal. I expected the model choice to matter more than it did.