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can it run

Can the ABS AI Workstation (3x R9700, 96GB) run qwen3 30B-A3B MoE?

TIGHT

Yes, but close to the edge. 32GB against a 24GB working set: it runs, with little room for long context windows or other processes.

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Specs

model file18.6GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory24GB working set
this machine3x 32GB = 96GB VRAM + 128GB ECC DDR5
params30B-A3B MoE
licenseapache-2.0
price$14199

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull qwen3:30b-a3b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) — cheapest machine that runs it ($1669)

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — this model on the biggest machine

Buy

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