For inference you can split the 32GB between two 16GB cards. Two new 5060tis for ~€1000 in total is more than fine.

It's a tad less efficient and a bit more of a hassle, but still a good experience for only a fraction of the price.

A Mac laptop can be had with 32GB of RAM for far less than $4500. Not sure if they actually need 32GB of discreet GPU RAM. My Mac laptop does run Qwen at a reasonable speed.