> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # AI hardware prices — 2026-10-14 - URL: https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/ai-hardware-prices-2026-10-14/ - Published: 2026-10-14T12:27:14.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-14T12:27:14.000Z - Description: Daily AI hardware price/supply snapshot with illustrative landed costs (sales tax ~10%). - Author: Zug Zug - Tags: ai-hardware-prices **Daily digest — 2026-10-14 PT** Skimmable highlights + compact table. Open the full dark dashboard for cards, capabilities, and all trend charts. [Open full dashboard →](https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/ai-hardware-prices-dashboard/) Report 2026-10-14 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%). Seventh 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 (second day tracked); 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:** Very quiet day: no in-stock/out-of-stock flips on any priced retail row. Micro Center's MSI Ventus and Gigabyte Gaming OC 5090s now read "Not carried" with no price (yesterday $5,059.99 / $5,099.99 sold out); the Micro Center AI Box and Zotac 5090 still show no price and 0 in stock. B&H DGX Spark FE, PNY DGX Spark, PNY 2-pack, ASUS GX10 2TB and Dell Pro Max GB10 still read *Discontinued*; Best Buy DGX Spark still "no longer available". NVIDIA Marketplace DGX Spark FE ($6,950) again shows Add to Cart with no stock text, logged unknown/unverified. All tracked GB10 boxes remain OOS. - **Movers:** Beelink GTR9 Pro: the official store returned an HTTP 502 today, so no price ($4,349 yesterday; not carried forward). Newegg AI Box 3P $7,355.11 → $7,354.21 (−$0.90). Micro Center 5090 card prices dropped off the page (see Stock). No other price changes on tracked retail rows. Newegg PNY DGX Spark remains a 2-pack kit at $11,149.99 (\~$5,575/unit), OOS. - **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 and 48GB/2TB $3,899 in stock. - **AI Box deal watch:** no first-party discrete RTX 5090 price was readable today (Micro Center cards "Not carried"/no price). Against the last first-party card read (Micro Center MSI Ventus $5,059.99 yesterday, 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. The only in-stock discrete card is an unverified Newegg 3P at $7,246.90; the BuyDirectNY box is \~24% below it. 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; Newegg Skytech 5090 PC $9,299.99; Best Buy ROG Astral $8,044.99 sold out; Amazon TUF 5090 and AI Box still no buy box. - **Local resale** (Bay Area, cash, observational): Craigslist and OfferUp scanned, 12 listings; FB Marketplace and Nextdoor need a login (skipped). New: a DGX Spark / ASUS GX10 128GB/1TB "like new" at \~$4,999, the only GB10 listing in range today and below every tracked retail GB10 price (all OOS). A water-cooled 5090 ask dropped \~$8,000 → \~$7,000\. Gone: one M3 Ultra 256GB Mac Studio (\~$8,000). Other asks: 5090 FE \~$6,395–$6,500; 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. | Product | Retailer | Landed | Stock | Link | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Mac Studio M5 Max (base) | B&H | **$2,528.90** | limited | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1997674-REG/apple%5Fmhl64ll%5Fa%5Fmac%5Fstudio%5Fm5%5Fmax.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Max (other configs) | B&H | **$2,836.90** | limited | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/mac-studio/ci/52937?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Framework | **$3,463.90** | in stock | [Open](https://frame.work/products/framework-desktop-mainboard-amd-ryzen-ai-max-300-series?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | GMKtec official | **$3,849.99** | in stock | [Open](https://www.gmktec.com/products/amd-ryzen%E2%84%A2-ai-max-395-evo-x2-ai-mini-pc?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Minisforum MS-S1 Max (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Minisforum | **$4,266.90** | in stock | [Open](https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-s1-max-mini-pc?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB | B&H | **$5,609.99** | OOS | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1947234-REG/gigabyte%5Fgv%5Fn5090ixeb%5F32gd%5Faorus%5Fgeoforce%5Frtx%5F5090.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Gigabyte AI TOP ATOM (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | **$5,829.99** | OOS | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1926841-REG/gigabyte%5Fatagb10%5F9001%5Fai%5Ftop%5Fatom%5Fai.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB | B&H | **$5,938.90** | preorder | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1997808-REG/apple%5Fms%5Fm5m%5F16%5Fmac%5Fstudio%5Fm5%5Fmax.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GB | B&H | **$6,048.90** | preorder | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1997675-REG/apple%5Fmhl74ll%5Fa%5Fmac%5Fstudio%5Fm5%5Fultra.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Lenovo ThinkStation PGX (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | **$6,444.90** | OOS | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1927563-REG/lenovo%5F30kl0002us%5Fthinkstation%5Fpgx%5Fsmall%5Fform.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | ASUS Ascent GX10 (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | **$6,598.90** | OOS | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1928338-REG/asus%5Fascent%5Fgx10%5Fcompact%5Fdesktop.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | GeForce RTX 5090 32GB | Newegg | **$7,971.60** | in stock | [Open](https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=rtx+5090&ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | HP ZGX Nano G1n (GB10) | B&H | **$8,468.90** | OOS | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=dgx%20spark&ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | RTX 5090 complete PC (prebuilt) | Newegg | **$10,229.99** | in stock | [Open](https://www.newegg.com/skytech-gaming-desktop-pcs-geforce-rtx-5090-amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-32gb-ddr5-2tb-nvme-ssd-st-blaze5-3304-b-al-black/p/3D5-000Z-00454?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB | B&H | **$10,448.90** | preorder | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1997816-REG/apple%5Fms%5Fm5u%5F05%5Fmac%5Fstudio%5Fm5%5Fultra.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB 80-GPU | B&H | **$11,878.90** | preorder | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1997826-REG/apple%5Fms%5Fm5u%5F15%5Fmac%5Fstudio%5Fm5%5Fultra.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | NVIDIA DGX Spark (Founders / NVIDIA-branded) (2-pack bundle) | Newegg | **$12,265.00** | OOS | [Open](https://www.newegg.com/pny-technologies-inc-dgx-personal-ai-computer-20-core-arm-10-cortex-x925-10-cortex-a725-arm-nvdgxspark2pk-kit/p/N82E16856987002?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | PNY NVIDIA DGX Spark (2-pack bundle) | Newegg | **$12,265.00** | OOS | [Open](https://www.newegg.com/pny-technologies-inc-dgx-personal-ai-computer-20-core-arm-10-cortex-x925-10-cortex-a725-arm-nvdgxspark2pk-kit/p/N82E16856987002?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | ### Inventory snapshot Inventory snapshot (best observed retail/MSRP row per product): 5 in stock, 2 limited, 4 preorder, 7 OOS. Most retailers expose status only (no shelf count). - GeForce RTX 5090 32GB @ Micro Center: OOS - Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB @ Micro Center: OOS ## Key charts Top views for today. More family trends on the full dashboard. ![Illustrative landed cost comparison (sales tax ~10%)](https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/content/images/2026/10/ca_landed_cost_comparison-13.png) Illustrative landed cost comparison (sales tax \~10%) ![Spotlight product trends](https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/content/images/2026/10/spotlight_product_trends-13.png) Spotlight product trends ![RTX 5090 AI Box / eGPU kits price trend](https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/content/images/2026/10/rtx_5090_egpu_price_trend-13.png) RTX 5090 AI Box / eGPU kits price trend Automated daily post · Tag `ai-hardware-prices` · [Full AI Hardware Price Dashboard](https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/ai-hardware-prices-dashboard/)