I don't think that math will work out. If you are okay with using only 7M tokens per day, and 7M from a small model, then you don't have very demanding needs. If you don't have demanding needs, I think you're unlikely to be willing to space $1200 ( plus $800 for the rest of the system) to run a local model, when for $10/month you can get an open code subscription (or api access) which won't train on your data (or something of open router).
I know that 7M a day is a pittance for my use cases, and given that you have multiple cards, it wasn't enough for your use case either.
Sure, I just add more cards as I need more throughput, and can combine up to four cards when I need 1M context on a smarter model, but in practice since 3.8 27b came out it is all I use.
Also, unless your sessions are end to end encrypted to a secure enclave, then they are living in plain text -somewhere- and privacy policies tend to change when money is left on the table, if blackhats do not get to the data and sell it first.
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$1200 for a GPU capable of running Qwen 3.8 27b at 7M tokens a day is likely plenty for most people and will pay for itself.
Also factor in cloud LLM prices are subsidized by you giving up your sessions as training data with no ability to opt out.
I don't think that math will work out. If you are okay with using only 7M tokens per day, and 7M from a small model, then you don't have very demanding needs. If you don't have demanding needs, I think you're unlikely to be willing to space $1200 ( plus $800 for the rest of the system) to run a local model, when for $10/month you can get an open code subscription (or api access) which won't train on your data (or something of open router).
I know that 7M a day is a pittance for my use cases, and given that you have multiple cards, it wasn't enough for your use case either.
Sure, I just add more cards as I need more throughput, and can combine up to four cards when I need 1M context on a smarter model, but in practice since 3.8 27b came out it is all I use.
Also, unless your sessions are end to end encrypted to a secure enclave, then they are living in plain text -somewhere- and privacy policies tend to change when money is left on the table, if blackhats do not get to the data and sell it first.