AI is everywhere. AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic went from unknown to household names in just a few short years. Big Tech companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft keep rolling out their AI models across every product, from search to chatbot assistants and more. And, naturally, companies that manufacture computer chips and GPUs like Nvidia are raking in billions as they create the hardware that powers it all.
But what if consumers don’t want to send their data to Big Tech companies or fork over hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars per month to Big AI companies for tokens? While computer hardware companies like Nvidia may be struggling to keep up with demand, everyday users can still find everything they need to build out their own machine – an AI PC – and run AI models locally
But what exactly is an AI PC? What do you need if you want to build your own, or what should you look for if buying an AI PC pre-made? And how does it differ from other powerful computers built for specific purposes, such as gaming PCs?
To answer these questions, Mashable spoke with an expert who builds PCs for a living, Quoted Tech co-founder and CEO Kevin Jia. Founded in 2023, Quoted Tech is a Canada-based company that builds custom PCs for thousands of customers. Jia and company also provided Mashable with access to one of their prebuilt models, the Quoted One Pro Plus, an entry-level custom prebuilt made-for-AI computer, so we could test out exactly what makes an AI PC an AI PC.
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