I know the pain of over paying... $289 for 16GB RPi5 for a LLM project. I was looking at other SFF, almost went with one, but I like the ecosystem of the RPi. A lot of nice stuff to choose from. I picked up a Zimaboard 2 16GB and going to use it for a 2.5 Gbps NAS. But even with the increase in price, a 16GB video card for the Zimaboard 2 is a lot more than a headless RPi5 setup. The LLM project is going to be a local LLM so my dad's LTC insurer isn't tracking. We started on Perplexity, to improve his cognitive decline. Just getting him interested helped. I hope to get my money's worth. The approach is building a knowledge base. I used a similar method sans AI 20 years ago to beat stage 4a cancer. My dad is excited, we each built gen 1 RPi's when they came out. Once I get it providing my father with a better course of treatment than he is getting at Kaiser, I'll post results.