buy cheap spare SSD mSATA s open back switch to any spare disk any os - whichever needed - user data backup in usb or another different drive 
Discussion
I have Ollama installed, with a few smaller models. I am just struggling to figure out how to use it from inside VS Codium extension. Only have it working from command line, so far.
bigger models take huge data - space is factor long term
Yeah, I need more RAM and ROM.
2nd hand desktop old may be best price / performance now even DDR3 AM2 old NVIDIA P104 card
plug headless in in kitchen - remote web / ssh
best cheapest SLOW in cpu power but 256GB RAM 1TB x 2 or 3 = 2TB SSD and good old NVIDIA GPU
all within $1000 still possible before any more people grabs 
AM3 4 thread CPU=$50
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ddr price exploded n ssd cpu following slowly