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AI hardware prices — 2026-10-13

Daily AI hardware price/supply snapshot with illustrative landed costs (sales tax ~10%).

Daily digest — 2026-10-13 PT
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Report 2026-10-13 PT Illustrative landed (sales tax ~10%) No invented prices

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%). Sixth straight day at its tracked low (median $2,449), $200 under Apple, limited supply at this price. 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/2TB $3,899 in stock (new listing today, no history yet); B&H 48GB/1TB $3,399 in stock; BuyDirectNY AI Box $5,499 in stock. Excluded: NVIDIA Marketplace DGX Spark FE $6,950 (Add to Cart shown but no stock text, unverified) and the Newegg 3P Ventus 5090 $7,246.90 shipping from overseas.
Stock: B&H DGX Spark FE, PNY DGX Spark, PNY 2-pack, ASUS GX10 2TB and Dell Pro Max GB10 now read Discontinued (no price; stored as OOS). Best Buy DGX Spark now says "no longer available in new condition" and the $5,299.99 price is gone. NVIDIA Marketplace DGX Spark FE ($6,950) shows an Add to Cart button with no stock text (yesterday: Out of Stock), logged as unknown/unverified, not a buy signal. Micro Center AI Box and Zotac 5090 show no price and 0 in stock. All tracked GB10 boxes remain OOS (GX10 1TB 2–4 wk ETA, Lenovo PGX 4–6 wk).
Movers: Amazon ASUS TUF 5090: yesterday's $2,469.99 third-party buy box is gone (no buy box, "See All Buying Options"), so no price today. Newegg DGX correction: the Newegg PNY listing is a 2-pack kit at $11,149.99 (~$5,575/unit); the $6,299.99 reads logged Oct 10–12 were likely a parse error (older rows left unchanged, noted in today's row). Micro Center DGX Spark: only the brand page read today, no price. Newegg 3P Ventus 5090 back to a readable $7,246.90 in stock. B&H added Mac Studio M5 Max 36GB/2TB $3,299 (preorder) and 48GB/2TB $3,899 (in stock).
DGX Spark: NVIDIA Marketplace $6,950 (unverified Add to Cart); B&H ATOM $5,299.99/$5,999, GX10 1TB $5,999, GX10 kit $6,088.99, Lenovo PGX $5,859, GX10 4TB $7,999, HP ZGX $7,699 all OOS; ASUS eShop GX10 2TB $6,999 OOS; Newegg 2-pack $11,149.99 OOS.
Mac Studio: Apple unchanged at $2,499 / $5,399 / $5,499 / $9,499 / $10,799. B&H M5 Ultra preorders: 30-core early Jan 2027, 36-core mid Feb 2027. B&H M5 Max 36GB/1TB $2,579 limited; 48GB/1TB $3,399 in stock.
AI Box deal watch: vs best discrete RTX 5090 street (Micro Center MSI Ventus $5,059.99, sold out): B&H AI Box $5,099.99 is +0.8% (OOS); BuyDirectNY AI Box $5,499 is +8.7% and in stock. Both within the ~+10% band on list price. The only in-stock discrete card is an unverified Newegg 3P at $7,246.90. 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; Newegg AI Box 3P $7,355.11; Newegg Skytech 5090 PC $9,299.99; Best Buy ROG Astral $8,044.99 sold out; Micro Center MSI/Gigabyte 5090 $5,059.99/$5,099.99 sold out.
Local resale (Bay Area, cash, observational): Craigslist and OfferUp scanned, 12 listings; FB Marketplace and Nextdoor need a login (skipped). New: an RTX 5090 Founders Edition at ~$6,395 (lowest discrete card ask) and an MSI Gaming Trio 5090 at ~$7,500. Dropped by tighter filters: an out-of-area DGX Spark listing and a 5090 laptop. Other asks: FE / ROG Astral ~$6,500; custom Suprim 5090 PC ~$4,800; M3 Ultra Mac Studios $6,500–$14,999.

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 (B&H, 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
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
GeForce RTX 5090 32GB	Micro Center	$5,565.99	OOS	Open
Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB	B&H	$5,609.99	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
HP ZGX Nano G1n (GB10)	B&H	$8,468.90	OOS	Open
RTX 5090 complete PC (prebuilt)	Newegg	$10,229.99	in stock	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
NVIDIA DGX Spark (Founders / NVIDIA-branded) (2-pack bundle)	Newegg	$12,265.00	OOS	Open
PNY NVIDIA DGX Spark (2-pack bundle)	Newegg	$12,265.00	OOS	Open

Inventory snapshot

Inventory snapshot (best observed retail/MSRP row per product): 5 in stock, 2 limited, 4 preorder, 8 OOS. Most retailers expose status only (no shelf count).