I got a Beelink GTR 9 Pro for $1980. These Strix Halo systems were a good deal at $2k when the alternative was a DGX Spark (which is similarly memory-constrained, but has about twice the iGPU processing power of the Radeon 8060S, having as many CUDA cores as an RTX 5070) for $4k. The pitch was basically "half the GPU compute (negative), x86 instead of ARM (positive), but no CUDA (negative), for half the price (positive), but you also don't get the ConnectX-7 NIC (negative)". These more or less balanced out to being worth it if you wanted a single-node system that could also double as a generic x86 homelab server once it was obsolete for LLM workloads.
These days, you can get a DGX Spark for $4.7k, so yes, the price has risen, but Strix Halo (with a few exceptions like the Bosgame and Corsair systems) $4k (or more!) is simply not a very good deal. If I were buying new right now, I'd 100% go DGX Spark without even thinking about it.
Gorgon Halo (releasing this fall/winter) is allegedly coming with 3GB memory chips, enabling a 192GB maximum unified memory SKU, alongside minor (100MHz) clock bumps in the iGPU and CPU, plus memory bumping from 8000 MT/s to 8533 MT/s (matching the MBW of the DGX Spark), and is otherwise unchanged. I fear these will be $5000+. At $3000, these would be awesome. At $5000, not so much.
These days, you can get a DGX Spark for $4.7k, so yes, the price has risen, but Strix Halo (with a few exceptions like the Bosgame and Corsair systems) $4k (or more!) is simply not a very good deal. If I were buying new right now, I'd 100% go DGX Spark without even thinking about it.
Gorgon Halo (releasing this fall/winter) is allegedly coming with 3GB memory chips, enabling a 192GB maximum unified memory SKU, alongside minor (100MHz) clock bumps in the iGPU and CPU, plus memory bumping from 8000 MT/s to 8533 MT/s (matching the MBW of the DGX Spark), and is otherwise unchanged. I fear these will be $5000+. At $3000, these would be awesome. At $5000, not so much.