Testing Strata Local AI on $769 Budget AI Rig

Description: Can a budget NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB graphics card actually run the Strata local AI engine with fast token speeds and full vision capabilities? I put this Budget Local Ai hardware to the test with TPS testing, Hermes agent integration, speculative decoding profiling, and a full budget build breakdown.

============TOTAL $769 or $825============
T5810 barebones w/ 440GB SSD ($170) https://geni.us/Dell-T5810-Workstation
64GB DDR4 2133 ($250) https://geni.us/64GB-DDR4-RDIMM
1x 3060 12GB ($325/ea.) https://geni.us/3060_GPU_12GB
1x 6 to 8 pin adapter($5) https://geni.us/GPUPowerAdapt6pin-8pin
CPU - E5-2695 V4 ($19) https://geni.us/E5-2695-V4 or
CPU - E5-2696 V4 ($75) https://geni.us/E5-2696-V4

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Strata Github Repo: https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata

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chapters
00:00 Single RTX 3060 12GB & Strata Setup
01:02 Performance, Power Draw & Speculative Decoding
02:58 Vision Stack Test Handwriting Transcription
03:53 Hermes Agent Setup and Test
07:44 Hardware Build Cost Breakdown & Final Verdict

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