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Two RTX 3060s

Oct 28, 2026

Graphics	2× NVIDIA RTX 3060, 12 GB each (24 GB total)
Card slots	One in the CPU's slot (PCIe Gen3 x16), one in the chipset's slot (PCIe Gen2 x16) on a riser
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 8 cores, 16 threads
Memory	48 GB DDR4 (2×8 GB + 2×16 GB), at 3000 MT/s
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H WIFI
Model storage	Samsung 990 EVO 1 TB NVMe
Operating system	Linux Mint 22.3, Linux 7.0 kernel
Graphics driver	Not recorded
llama.cpp build	Not recorded

Runs on this setup

qwen38-27b, 2×RTX 3060, Oct 28 2026

One RTX 3090 at 420 W

Nov 1, 2026

Graphics	NVIDIA RTX 3090, 24 GB (EVGA FTW3 Ultra)
Power limit	420 W (the card allows up to 450 W)
Card slot	CPU's slot, PCIe Gen3 x16
Tensor-core unlock	No, stock speeds
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 8 cores, 16 threads
Memory	48 GB DDR4 (2×8 GB + 2×16 GB), at 3000 MT/s
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H WIFI
Model storage	Samsung 990 EVO 1 TB NVMe
Operating system	Linux Mint 22.3, Linux 7.0 kernel
Graphics driver	Not recorded
llama.cpp build	Not recorded

Runs on this setup

qwen38-27b, RTX 3090 at 420 W, Nov 1 2026

One RTX 3090, unlocked

Nov 5, 2026

Graphics	NVIDIA RTX 3090, 24 GB (EVGA FTW3 Ultra), VBIOS 94.02.42.C0.05
Power limit	420 W (the card allows up to 450 W)
Clocks under load	1700 to 2000 MHz, peak draw 415 W
Card slot	CPU's slot, PCIe Gen3 x16
Tensor-core unlock	gpu-unlock v2.0.0 by Zagitta, loaded at every boot
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.85 GHz
Memory	48 GB DDR4 (2×8 GB + 2×16 GB), at 3000 MT/s
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H WIFI, BIOS F65
Model storage	Samsung 990 EVO 1 TB NVMe
Operating system	Linux Mint 22.3, Linux 7.0 kernel
Graphics driver	NVIDIA 580.178.04 (open kernel modules), CUDA 13.0
llama.cpp build	b11856

Runs on this setup