AI hardware prices — 2026-10-12
Daily AI hardware price/supply snapshot with illustrative landed costs (sales tax ~10%).
Daily digest — 2026-10-12 PT
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Report 2026-10-12 PT
Illustrative landed (sales tax ~10%)
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Highlights
- In-stock buy picks (observational, not financial advice): (1) Mac Studio M5 Max 36GB/512GB @ B&H $2,299 (~$2,529 illustrative landed, sales tax ~10%). Still at its tracked low, $200 under Apple, limited supply. 36GB is tight for a 27B model plus agents. (2) Framework Desktop Mainboard Max+ 395 128GB @ Framework $3,149 (~$3,464). In stock at its tracked low; mainboard only. (3) GMKtec EVO-X2 128GB+1TB @ GMKtec $3,499.99 (~$3,850). At its tracked low; complete 128GB system. Honorable: B&H Mac Studio M5 Max 48GB/1TB $3,399 In Stock; BuyDirectNY AI Box $5,499 In Stock.
- Stock flips: B&H ASUS GX10 1TB ($5,999) and the GX10 + Microsoft 365 kit ($6,088.99) went In Stock → Temporarily Out of Stock (ETA 2–4 weeks). No GB10 / DGX Spark system is buyable at tracked retail today.
- Movers: Amazon ASUS TUF OC 5090 buybox $7,440 → $2,469.99 (Only 1 left) from a non-Prime third-party seller; ~67% under the past week's street, so treated as unverified and not a pick. Newegg Skytech 5090 prebuilt $7,599.99 → $9,299.99. Newegg AI Box marketplace $7,350.35 → $7,355.11. Micro Center DGX Spark product page now reads $6,949.99 sold out.
- DGX Spark: NVIDIA Marketplace $6,950 OOS; Best Buy $5,299.99 sold out; Micro Center $6,949.99 sold out; B&H FE/PNY/Dell/GX10 2TB discontinued; ATOM $5,299.99/$5,999, Lenovo PGX $5,859, GX10 4TB $7,999, HP ZGX $7,699 all OOS; Newegg PNY $6,299.99 OOS.
- Mac Studio: B&H Ultra preorders now show ETAs (30-core early Jan 2027, 36-core mid Feb 2027). B&H lists more configs, including Ultra 36c 256GB/4TB $12,299 and /8TB $14,299 (preorder). Apple unchanged at $2,499 / $5,399 / $5,499 / $9,499 / $10,799.
- AI Box deal watch: Micro Center / B&H AI Box $5,099.99 vs Micro Center MSI card $5,059.99 is +0.8% (YES on list; both OOS). Buyable: BuyDirectNY $5,499 has no trustworthy in-stock discrete card to compare today (Newegg floor unread; Amazon low flagged). Observational only; TB5 is well below PCIe x16.
- Flat: Framework DIY $3,449; GMKtec 2TB $3,649.99; Amazon EVO-X2 $3,649.99; Minisforum MS-S1 Max $3,879; Beelink GTR9 Pro $4,349; Micro Center MSI/Gigabyte 5090 $5,059.99/$5,099.99 sold out; Best Buy ROG Astral $8,044.99 sold out.
- Local resale (cash, observational): Craigslist and OfferUp scanned, same 12 listings as yesterday; FB Marketplace and Nextdoor need a login (skipped). Lowest discrete card asks ~$6,500 (FE / Astral); DGX Spark 4TB ~$5,700; custom Suprim 5090 PC ~$4,800; Alienware 5090 laptop ~$4,000.
Price table
Illustrative landed costs (sales tax ~10%). Product · Retailer · Landed · Stock · Link — scroll horizontally if needed. Stock shows qty when a retailer exposes it (e.g. in stock (3)); otherwise status only.
Deal watch (observational): AI Box $5,099.99 (Micro Center, oos) vs same-day Micro Center discrete 5090 street $5,059.99 (delta $40.00). Complete TB5 kit vs card-only; not a buy recommendation. Illustrative landed ~$5,609.99 (sales tax ~10%).
| Product | Retailer | Landed | Stock | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Studio M5 Max (base) | B&H | $2,528.90 | limited | Open |
| GeForce RTX 5090 32GB | Amazon | $2,716.99 | limited (1) | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Max (other configs) | B&H | $2,836.90 | limited | Open |
| Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Framework | $3,463.90 | in stock | Open |
| GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | GMKtec official | $3,849.99 | in stock | Open |
| Minisforum MS-S1 Max (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Minisforum | $4,266.90 | in stock | Open |
| Beelink GTR9 Pro (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Beelink official | $4,783.90 | in stock | Open |
| Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB | B&H | $5,609.99 | OOS | Open |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark (Founders / NVIDIA-branded) | Best Buy | $5,829.99 | OOS | Open |
| Gigabyte AI TOP ATOM (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | $5,829.99 | OOS | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB | B&H | $5,938.90 | preorder | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GB | B&H | $6,048.90 | preorder | Open |
| Lenovo ThinkStation PGX (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | $6,444.90 | OOS | Open |
| ASUS Ascent GX10 (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | $6,598.90 | OOS | Open |
| PNY NVIDIA DGX Spark | Newegg | $6,930.00 | OOS | Open |
| HP ZGX Nano G1n (GB10) | B&H | $8,468.90 | OOS | Open |
| RTX 5090 complete PC (prebuilt) | Newegg | $10,229.99 | in stock (1) | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB | B&H | $10,448.90 | preorder | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB 80-GPU | B&H | $11,878.90 | preorder | Open |
Inventory snapshot
Inventory snapshot (best observed retail/MSRP row per product): 5 in stock, 3 limited, 4 preorder, 7 OOS. Numeric qty captured on 2 row(s).
- GeForce RTX 5090 32GB @ Amazon: limited (1)
- Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB @ Newegg: in stock (1)
- RTX 5090 complete PC (prebuilt) @ Newegg: in stock (1)
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