What technology can you use to survive if this happened to you?

>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE
Post build list or current specs including MONITOR: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases
State BUDGET and COUNTRY or you will NOT be helped
Guide: https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
>CASE
mATX: AP201, Lian Li A3, XT M3
ATX: XT PRO (ULTRA), AIR 903 Base/MAX, Lancool 207/217, Flux Pro, Meshify 3, 4000D FRAME, X50, BF360
Dual Chamber: Y60/70, O11 Vision, Antec C8
>CPU
Budget: 7500F, 7/9600/X, 5600/X, 12400F
Gaming: 9850X3D, 9/7800X3D, 5800XT, 14600K/F
Workstation: 9950X/3D, 9900X/3D, 265K
>COOLER
AIO: Thermalright Frozen Edge, Cooler Master Atmos, Lian Li GA II Lite, Corsair Nautilus RS, be Quiet Silent Loop 3
Dual tower: A620 PRO SE, Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3, NH-D15 G2
ITX/>42mm RAM: Mugen 6 Dual Fan, AXP120-X67
TIM: MX-7, Duronaut, PTM7950 (phase change), KryoSheet (carbon sheet)
>MOTHERBOARD
Avoid ASRock AM5 boards, CPU degradation issues still reported.
https://mobomaps.com/
>RAM
DDR5: 2x16GB or 2x24GB, 6000CL30 (AMD), 6400CL32 (Intel)
*X3D CPUs: fine to buy cheaper memory kits if you don't OC.
Workstation: 2x 32GB (budget), 2x48GB or 2x64GB (high-end)
DDR4: 3200CL16, 3600CL18
>SSD (Keep firmware updated)
DRAMless: SN7100, NM790
PCIe Gen 4.0: SN850X, 990 Pro (Windows)
Gen 5.0: SN8100
https://borecraft.com/
>GPU
Budget: Arc B580, used card
Midrange: 9060 XT 16GB, 5060 TI 16GB, 5070
High-end 1440p & Midrange 4K: 9070 XT, 5070 Ti
Premium: 5090
>PSU
Buying guide:
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/
>MONITOR
1080p: 24" 165/180hz IPS, KTC H25X7
1440p: 27" 165/180hz IPS, KTC M27T6 (miniLED)
4K:KTC M27P6 (miniLED)
>OS
Activate Windows @ >>>/g/fwt
>CASE FANS
Meta: Case with good stock PWM fans
Midrange: Arctic P12 Pro, P14 Pro (5-pack, loud @ higher RPM)
High-end: Fractal Momentum, Noctua G2 (140mm or 120mm)
Prev: >>108051995

Discussion of Free and Open Source Diffusion Models
Prev: >>108055391
https://rentry.org/ldg-lazy-getting-started-guide
>UI
ComfyUI: https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI
SwarmUI: https://github.com/mcmonkeyprojects/SwarmUI
re/Forge/Classic/Neo: https://rentry.org/ldg-lazy-getting-started-guide#reforgeclassicneo
SD.Next: https://github.com/vladmandic/sdnext
Wan2GP: https://github.com/deepbeepmeep/Wan2GP
>Checkpoints, LoRAs, Upscalers, & Workflows
https://civitai.com
https://civitaiarchive.com/
https://openmodeldb.info
https://openart.ai/workflows
>Tuning
https://github.com/spacepxl/demystifying-sd-finetuning
https://github.com/ostris/ai-toolkit
https://github.com/Nerogar/OneTrainer
https://github.com/kohya-ss/musubi-tuner
https://github.com/tdrussell/diffusion-pipe
>Z
https://huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
https://huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo
>Anima
https://huggingface.co/circlestone-labs/Anima
>Klein
https://huggingface.co/collections/black-forest-labs/flux2
>LTX-2
https://huggingface.co/Lightricks/LTX-2
>Wan
https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2
>Chroma
https://huggingface.co/lodestones/Chroma1-Base
https://rentry.org/mvu52t46
>Illustrious
https://rentry.org/comfyui_guide_1girl
https://tagexplorer.github.io/
>Misc
Local Model Meta: https://rentry.org/localmodelsmeta
Share Metadata: https://catbox.moe | https://litterbox.catbox.moe/
GPU Benchmarks: https://chimolog.co/bto-gpu-stable-diffusion-specs/
Img2Prompt: https://huggingface.co/spaces/fancyfeast/joy-caption-beta-one
Txt2Img Plugin: https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion
Archive: https://rentry.org/sdg-link
Bakery: https://rentry.org/ldgcollage
>Neighbors
>>>/aco/csdg
>>>/b/degen
>>>/r/realistic+parody
>>>/gif/vdg
>>>/d/ddg
>>>/e/edg
>>>/h/hdg
>>>/trash/slop
>>>/vt/vtai
>>>/u/udg
>Local Text
>>>/g/lmg
>Maintain Thread Quality
https://rentry.org/debo
https://rentry.org/animanon

Discussion of Free and Open Source Diffusion Models
Prev: >>108055391
https://rentry.org/ldg-lazy-getting-started-guide
>UI
ComfyUI: https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI
SwarmUI: https://github.com/mcmonkeyprojects/SwarmUI
re/Forge/Classic/Neo: https://rentry.org/ldg-lazy-getting-started-guide#reforgeclassicneo
SD.Next: https://github.com/vladmandic/sdnext
Wan2GP: https://github.com/deepbeepmeep/Wan2GP
>Checkpoints, LoRAs, Upscalers, & Workflows
https://civitai.com
https://civitaiarchive.com/
https://openmodeldb.info
https://openart.ai/workflows
>Tuning
https://github.com/spacepxl/demystifying-sd-finetuning
https://github.com/ostris/ai-toolkit
https://github.com/Nerogar/OneTrainer
https://github.com/kohya-ss/musubi-tuner
https://github.com/tdrussell/diffusion-pipe
>Z
https://huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image
https://huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo
>Anima
https://huggingface.co/circlestone-labs/Anima
>Klein
https://huggingface.co/collections/black-forest-labs/flux2
>LTX-2
https://huggingface.co/Lightricks/LTX-2
>Wan
https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2
>Chroma
https://huggingface.co/lodestones/Chroma1-Base
https://rentry.org/mvu52t46
>Illustrious
https://rentry.org/comfyui_guide_1girl
https://tagexplorer.github.io/
>Misc
Local Model Meta: https://rentry.org/localmodelsmeta
Share Metadata: https://catbox.moe | https://litterbox.catbox.moe/
GPU Benchmarks: https://chimolog.co/bto-gpu-stable-diffusion-specs/
Img2Prompt: https://huggingface.co/spaces/fancyfeast/joy-caption-beta-one
Txt2Img Plugin: https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion
Archive: https://rentry.org/sdg-link
Bakery: https://rentry.org/ldgcollage
>Neighbors
>>>/aco/csdg
>>>/b/degen
>>>/r/realistic+parody
>>>/gif/vdg
>>>/d/ddg
>>>/e/edg
>>>/h/hdg
>>>/trash/slop
>>>/vt/vtai
>>>/u/udg
>Local Text
>>>/g/lmg
>Maintain Thread Quality
https://rentry.org/demon
https://rentry.org/angel

I'm gonna stop playing games that need a dGPU. If it doesn't run on intel graphics or an APU I DON'T WANT IT!!

/lmg/ - a general dedicated to the discussion and development of local language models.
Previous threads: >>108046563 & >>108032910
►News
>(02/03) MiniCPM-o-4_5 released: https://hf.co/openbmb/MiniCPM-o-4_5
>(02/03) ACE-Step v1.5 released: https://hf.co/ACE-Step/Ace-Step1.5
>(02/03) Qwen3-Coder-Next released: https://hf.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next
>(02/03) GLM-OCR released: https://hf.co/zai-org/GLM-OCR
>(02/02) Step 3.5 Flash 196B-A11B released: https://hf.co/stepfun-ai/Step-3.5-Flash
►News Archive: https://rentry.org/lmg-news-archive
►Glossary: https://rentry.org/lmg-glossary
►Links: https://rentry.org/LocalModelsLinks
►Official /lmg/ card: https://files.catbox.moe/cbclyf.png
►Getting Started
https://rentry.org/lmg-lazy-getting-started-guide
https://rentry.org/lmg-build-guides
https://rentry.org/IsolatedLinuxWebService
https://rentry.org/recommended-models
https://rentry.org/samplers
https://rentry.org/MikupadIntroGuide
►Further Learning
https://rentry.org/machine-learning-roadmap
https://rentry.org/llm-training
https://rentry.org/LocalModelsPapers
►Benchmarks
LiveBench: https://livebench.ai
Programming: https://livecodebench.github.io/gso.html
Context Length: https://github.com/adobe-research/NoLiMa
GPUs: https://github.com/XiongjieDai/GPU-Benchmarks-on-LLM-Inference
►Tools
Alpha Calculator: https://desmos.com/calculator/ffngla98yc
GGUF VRAM Calculator: https://hf.co/spaces/NyxKrage/LLM-Model-VRAM-Calculator
Sampler Visualizer: https://artefact2.github.io/llm-sampling
►Text Gen. UI, Inference Engines
https://github.com/lmg-anon/mikupad
https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui
https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
https://github.com/theroyallab/tabbyAPI
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm

>no real purpose outside of making packages take 10x longer to install
What am I missing here?