I'm using a Strix Halo laptop (~3k, 64GiB) and with Gemma 4 and Qwen 3.6, both at 8 bits, I'm seeing very impressive results.

As a work tool, this is reasonably priced. You can save a bit of money by opting for a non-laptop form factor.

My Framework Desktop with 128GB was about half that. I did luck out by buying before RAM prices went crazy, though.

I'm looking forward to the fallout when the data center bubble bursts. There's a good possibility we'll see a glut of hardware, either on the used market or from manufacturers that no longer have massive orders from OpenAI and the like.