Office private AI workstation

Team 32

A quiet first owned AI system for one team, without a rack.

One 32GB GPU for private document assistants, coding, transcription, image work and a measured office proof of value.

Validation-stage standard configuration.

This public proposal remains indexable while clearly qualifying its evidence state. Price, exact parts, compatibility, warranty, delivery and workload results require a current quotation and written acceptance record.

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Price status: Indicative, ex VAT
Commercial model: Reviewed 26 July 2026
Range position: Standard progression

Supplier platform / proposed build

Inspect the platform

32GB aggregate VRAM* UK-built mid-tower AI workstation proposed physical platform GPU route 1 × NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB

Buyer fit

Start with the reason to own it.

A supported office-compatible starting point for a small team that needs controlled local AI capacity and a documented route to a larger system only if measured demand justifies it.

Indicative purchase price

£14,500

ex VAT · £17,400 inc VAT

Proposed indicative price, excluding VAT. Final price, specification, availability, delivery, warranty and model fit require a current supplier quote and written order confirmation.

A credible fit

A first private chat or document-search service for one team
Local coding, transcription, image generation or analysis where the model fits 32GB
An office that cannot accommodate a 4U rack server

Choose another route when

A model or context that needs more than 32GB on one GPU
Several heavy services running concurrently without queueing
A buyer who needs redundant power, rack density or enterprise remote management

Black mid-tower workstation with a ventilated front panel — Supplier reference view of the proposed workstation family. The final ordered parts, appearance and availability require confirmation. UK workstation supplier reference image. Written reuse permission pending.

Diagram combining model weights, context, cache and active requests into a memory headroom check — Memory fit depends on the workload, context, cache and simultaneous demand, then needs a representative test. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.

Diagram showing an approved request, a local service, an approved store and a policy-controlled data path — A private deployment starts with the permitted data path, access policy and logging boundary. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.

Diagram of an evidence pack containing an asset schedule, burn-in record, health readings, workload test and admin guide — A credible handover records the supplied assets, checks, operating evidence, instructions and unresolved items. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.

Workload route

Every use needs its own acceptance test.

Model name and aggregate VRAM do not prove a business outcome. Each proposed route below states how the capacity could be used and what must be tested before the order treats it as suitable.

Private team assistant

Proposed use: Run one approved chat or RAG service over a bounded document set, with ingestion scheduled away from peak use where necessary.
Acceptance evidence: Test retrieval, source support, refusal behaviour, response time and simultaneous demand against a written question set.

Coding or transcription

Proposed use: Run a code, speech or embedding workflow when its chosen model and context fit within one 32GB GPU.
Acceptance evidence: Confirm useful output, model memory, queue behaviour and recovery on representative non-confidential work.

Image and batch work

Proposed use: Schedule local image, video or analytical jobs around the team's interactive service rather than promising unlimited concurrency.
Acceptance evidence: Measure completed useful work, temperature, acoustic impact and wall power over the agreed duty cycle.

Specification certainty ledger

Known, proposed and still to be confirmed.

A proposal should expose missing facts. The final order replaces every confirmation row with an exact part, measured result or named customer decision.

Package proposal Supplier confirmation Customer decision

Proposed Team 32 specification and evidence status
Item	Current value	Status	What the record must show
Form factor	Workstation	Package proposal	The site, delivery and support route is designed around this physical class.
Physical platform	UK-built mid-tower AI workstation	Package proposal	Platform family selected for the proposed configuration.
GPU route	1 × NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB	Package proposal	Exact manufacturer, part number, condition and serials belong in the final bill of materials.
Per-GPU memory	32GB	Package proposal	The safer model-fit starting point before any supported multi-GPU test.
Aggregate GPU memory	32GB across 1 GPUs	Package proposal	Not presented as one universal memory pool.
System memory	64GB	Package proposal	Memory population, speed and expansion route require the final platform bill.
Primary storage	2TB NVMe	Package proposal	Drive model, endurance, layout and backup destination are confirmed in the order.
Network	2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2	Package proposal	Customer switching, cabling, storage traffic and segmentation remain part of site design.
Power planning	1000W PSU; measure wall power, heat and noise under the accepted workload	Customer decision	A qualified site review and measured reference build must replace the planning figure.
CPU and motherboard	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, 16 cores / 32 threads	Package proposal	Current supplier reference value; the exact motherboard, lane layout and part numbers still belong in the final bill.
Power supplies and leads	To be confirmed for the ordered build and UK site	Supplier confirmation	Include PSU count, rating, redundancy position, input requirements and lead specification.
Remote management	Platform route to be confirmed and access policy agreed	Supplier confirmation	The supplier interface shown in the gallery is a reference, not a promise of the final feature set.
Dimensions and weight	240 × 474 × 542mm supplier reference; confirm before order	Supplier confirmation	Placement, handling and the delivery route depend on the exact ordered-system values.
Hardware warranty route	Supplier advertises three years: year one onsite, years two and three return to base	Supplier confirmation	The final order records the whole-system, component, onsite, return and dead-on-arrival boundaries.

32GB

Per GPU is the first sizing boundary.

Team 32 has 1 GPUs and 32GB aggregate VRAM. A runtime may split a supported model or distribute independent jobs, but the page does not claim one physical 32GB memory pool. Quantisation, context, KV cache, batching and concurrency still change fit.

Software and security

The usable product is more than the chassis.

The final stack stays deliberately small. Versions, licences, access and recurring ownership are recorded so the customer is not left with an opaque collection of containers.

Proposed software baseline

Ubuntu LTS on a recorded operating-system version
NVIDIA driver, CUDA components and container support validated for the ordered hardware
Docker Engine and NVIDIA Container Toolkit
One primary model server selected from Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp for the accepted workload
Open WebUI or another reviewed browser interface
Named authentication, TLS and reverse-proxy approach
GPU, node and service monitoring with an agreed log-retention period
Pinned versions, a software bill of materials and a model source and licence record

Security ownership

GPU RIGS baseline: Initial operating-system state, named administrator handover, host firewall baseline, agreed access route, secrets transfer and documented update state.
Customer or contracted operator: User lifecycle, network and VPN policy, backups, monitoring review, patch approval, incident response, data governance and lawful use.
Shared before acceptance: Model and software licence checks, retention and logging choices, recovery test, acceptance criteria and a named owner for every recurring task.

Local infrastructure can reduce disclosure to external AI APIs. It does not automatically make the service secure, accurate, confidential or UK GDPR compliant.

Testing and acceptance

The evidence pack is part of the machine.

No public benchmark is invented for this page. The accepted workload, exact build and disclosed test conditions decide what can be claimed after the reference system exists.

01
Record the final bill of materials, serial numbers and firmware versions.
02
Run at least 24 hours of GPU, CPU, memory and storage stress testing.
03
Capture temperature, fan, error, health and wall-power evidence under the agreed load.
04
Test cold boot, restart and the available remote-management route.
05
Check drive health, network throughput and the container and GPU runtime.
06
Run model and workload smoke tests against the written acceptance set.
07
Record any measured speed only with the model, quantisation, context, concurrency and runtime disclosed.
08
Test an agreed fault or recovery route and provide the resulting handover record.

What is not claimed today

No fixed users, tokens per second, latency, model size, accuracy, availability, savings or marketplace contribution is stated without the missing configuration and test conditions.

Read the evidence method

Site, power and cooling

The room is part of the specification.

Planning power is not a measured promise. The final pre-flight records the circuit, voltage, loaded wall power, heat route, noise tolerance, rack, network, UPS decision and operating owner.

Read the site guide

Measure

Current loaded-system planning basis

A ventilated floor or desk-side position with clear intake and exhaust paths
A suitable UK power outlet and an agreed UPS decision after measured-load review
An office noise check under the accepted workload
2.5GbE switching where higher-speed local data transfer matters
A named owner for updates, backups, accounts and incident response

Delivery, support and warranty

A written boundary before money moves.

The proposed route covers discovery, configuration, evidence and remote handover. It does not quietly absorb facilities work, migration or an always-on managed service.

Included in the proposed baseline

Documented workload and site-fit review
Confirmed bill of materials before procurement
Configuration, burn-in and agreed smoke-test evidence
Asset schedule, admin notes and user quick-start material
Collection or the quoted kerbside or pallet-delivery route
Remote onboarding and 30-day configuration-defect support

Separate scope or customer responsibility

Building electrical work, rack, UPS, cooling or structured cabling
Nationwide on-site installation unless separately quoted
Migration of customer data, every integration or every application
Continuous managed operations, security monitoring or a 24-hour support agreement
Third-party model, API, marketplace or software charges
A compliance certificate, performance guarantee or income guarantee

Supplier and warranty gates

Unresolved items stay visible.

Current trade or delivered price, availability and lead time confirmed before quotation
Exact RTX 5090 manufacturer, motherboard, memory, storage, PSU and recovery media recorded
Three-year warranty, onsite boundary, dead-on-arrival and return responsibilities confirmed in writing
Written permission or replacement photography obtained before the supplier image is publicly released
Reference workload, thermals, wall power and acoustics captured before any performance or office-suitability claim

Evidence and change record

Proposal inputs remain dated.

Package model: UK proposal reviewed 25 July 2026
Price state: Calculated from dated public supplier inputs, not a live quotation
Performance state: No public benchmark until the exact reference build is tested
OEM platform record: Exact platform identity and bill of materials provided in the written quotation.

Commercial reality

Tax and spare capacity are supporting questions.

Neither belongs in a guaranteed saving or payback claim. The purchase must stand on the accepted workload, control case and operating plan.

Finance, VAT and capital allowances

The displayed price is an indicative proposal based on dated public supplier inputs. The final bill of materials and supplier quote control the order.
Prices exclude VAT. VAT recovery depends on the buyer, its taxable activities and the normal evidence rules.
Qualifying equipment may be plant and machinery for capital-allowance purposes. The buyer's accountant decides eligibility and timing.
A third-party lease or hire-purchase route may be explored after partner validation and credit approval. GPU RIGS is not presented as a lender.
There is no generic capital-gains advantage and no automatic research and development relief because the equipment supports AI.

Read the guarded UK buyer notes

Optional idle capacity

Marketplace mode is off by default and is excluded from the purchase case.
A separate environment, no customer data mounts, network controls and a local kill switch would be required.
The customer, insurer, supplier warranty and marketplace terms must permit the proposed use.
Vast.ai, Render, Golem and direct batch work do not guarantee acceptance, demand, rate or income.
Any pilot must report achieved utilisation, fees, electricity, cooling, faults and operator time before continuation.

Review the marketplace decision gate

Limits and alternatives

A good specification leaves room for “no”.

The fit check can recommend a smaller system, hosted service, hybrid route, custom build or no purchase. That is preferable to making this package carry a workload it has not proved.

Package boundaries

The 32GB figure is one GPU's physical VRAM, but context, cache, batching and concurrent requests still consume it.
A GeForce workstation is not presented as an enterprise datacentre GPU or a redundant server.
The public supplier price, stock message and warranty wording are a dated input, not a confirmed Opace trade quote.
32GB of VRAM does not prove that every nominally 32GB model, context or batch will fit.
No user-count, token-rate, latency, accuracy or energy-cost promise is made before testing.
There is no redundant PSU, rack form factor or confirmed out-of-band management baseline.
The proposal is based on a public retail listing, not a reseller appointment or supplier partnership.

Hosted or hybrid AI

Often better when frontier-model quality, elastic demand or no internal operator matters more than owning capacity.

Consider this route Core 48

The lower-priced rack route when two independent 24GB workers and a suitable equipment environment are a better fit.

Consider this route Company 64

Consider when two independent 32GB workers or materially more local throughput justify a larger workstation.

Consider this route

Questions answered

Team 32 questions that affect the order

These answers preserve the validation boundary. The written quotation and acceptance plan replace proposal assumptions.

Is Team 32 the lowest proposed package?

Yes. At £14,500 ex VAT it is the lowest current reference price. It includes the hardware, configuration, evidence and handover allowances needed to retain the 60% gross-margin target.

Can it run a 32GB model?

Not from the headline alone. We test the exact model, quantisation, context, cache, batch and runtime because all of them use GPU memory.

Can it sit in a normal office?

That is the intended form factor, but a high-end GPU workstation still produces heat and fan noise. Placement is accepted only after the real workload is measured.

Is the £14,500 price final?

No. It is an indicative ex-VAT proposal based on a public UK supplier price reviewed on 26 July 2026. The current quote, exact parts and delivery terms control the order.

Prepare the next decision

Specify the work before the parts.

Record the workload, data boundary, users, site and acceptance test. No confidential documents or credentials are needed for the first brief.

Proposed indicative price, excluding VAT. Final price, specification, availability, delivery, warranty and model fit require a current supplier quote and written order confirmation.

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