Comment on AMD Strix Halo RDMA Cluster Setup GuideComments−kristianp2moThe 2 Intel E810 100Gb NICs together cost about $800 and they won't fit in a mini PC that the AI Max often comes as. Docks or custom racks like the photo would be required. Great project though.As a sibling comment says, the author has a video of testing GLM 5.2 q2 on the pair of machines at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkKXm_mKCCM . He also has a video about getting Deepseek 4 Flash on 1 or 2 AI Max machines using antirez's ds4 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfl3TS7ME5s .Edit: I actually have a website tracking the price of the AI Max 395+ mini pcs (on amazon, anyway). They can be had for about $3300 in the US and about 3400 euro in Germany. ( https://gpuquicklist.com/apus?models=AI%20Max+%20395%20128GB and germany: https://gpuquicklist.com/apus_de?models=AI%20Max+%20395%2012... )
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The 2 Intel E810 100Gb NICs together cost about $800 and they won't fit in a mini PC that the AI Max often comes as. Docks or custom racks like the photo would be required. Great project though.
As a sibling comment says, the author has a video of testing GLM 5.2 q2 on the pair of machines at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkKXm_mKCCM . He also has a video about getting Deepseek 4 Flash on 1 or 2 AI Max machines using antirez's ds4 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfl3TS7ME5s .
Edit: I actually have a website tracking the price of the AI Max 395+ mini pcs (on amazon, anyway). They can be had for about $3300 in the US and about 3400 euro in Germany. ( https://gpuquicklist.com/apus?models=AI%20Max+%20395%20128GB and germany: https://gpuquicklist.com/apus_de?models=AI%20Max+%20395%2012... )