Best PC Hardware For Running AI Tools Locally In 2025

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This hardware guide aims to highlight the recent developments of pc components as well as their impact for running local ai tools. It also includes giving recommendations for PC components and prebuilt PCs for different budgets.

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CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X amzn.to/3YpjYIK
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D amzn.to/3RM9PC2

CPU COOLING
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE amzn.to/42FbEai
Corsair iCUE H150i Elite amzn.to/4iLW7df
CORSAIR Nautilus 360 RS amzn.to/3GMso6G

Mainboard
ASUS TUF GAMING B650-PLUS amzn.to/4jYCMGQ
ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS amzn.to/43bhtwb

NVDIA GPU (Recommended)
GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) amzn.to/3YmiLSs
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) amzn.to/42WGRV0
GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB) amzn.to/42F9xTR
GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) amzn.to/42CoZjy
GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) amzn.to/4iBz2tL

Intel + AMD GPU (Not recommended)
Intel Arc B580 Titan OC (12GB) amzn.to/4jXu8IL
Radeon RX 7600 XT (16GB) amzn.to/4iGIbBu
Radeon RX 7900XT (20GB) amzn.to/438KPv8
Radeon RX 7900XTX (24GB) amzn.to/42RYJjV

PSU
CORSAIR RM750e (2025) amzn.to/42FreCE
Corsair HX1000i (2023) amzn.to/4jYC6kM

System RAM
Crucial Pro 64GB DDR5 RAM Kit amzn.to/4lWaEGf
Crucial 128GB RAM Kit amzn.to/3RLZ1nA

Storage
SAMSUNG 990 EVO Plus SSD 1TB amzn.to/3Ezaxjd
WD_BLACK 2TB amzn.to/3ENzMOG

PC Case
CORSAIR 4000D amzn.to/4m3Nkqf 
CORSAIR 7000D amzn.to/4iFfPaE
HYTE Y60 amzn.to/3EJEVaC

Prebuilt PCs
ViprTech Stryker 3.0 (RTX 3060) amzn.to/3GzDOLa
Skytech Omega (RTX 5060 TI) amzn.to/4jEH8Dt
Alienware Aurora R16 (RTX 4090) amzn.to/4cYn2RO
XIDAX X-6 Series (RTX 5090) amzn.to/4lVL9Vt

List of NPU CPUs
www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu_benchmark-ai_benchmark

Recommended PSU Table
www.corsair.com/us/en/explorer/diy-builder/power-s…

Run DeepSeek locally with offloading
www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1ic8zil/yes_y…

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:08 Benefits of Local AI
01:44 CPU
03:54 CPU COOLING
04:36 GPU
10:48 PSU
11:40 System RAM
12:32 Storage
13:07 PC Case
14:31 Prebuilt PCs
15:35 Summary