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can it run

Can the eGPU dock (TB4/TB5, e.g. AOOSTAR AG02) run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 8B?

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Specs

model file4.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory7GB working set
this machine(adds a desktop GPU)
paramsdistill 8B
licensemit
price$229

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull deepseek-r1:8b

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

Alternatives

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest machine that runs it ($135)

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