| STORAGE |
| Samsung 990 PRO 4TB NVMe SSD (MZ-V9P4T0B/AM) | Model files are big: a 70B Q8 file alone is ~75 GB. Framework Desktop DIY ships without storage. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB NVMe SSD (WDS200T2X0E) | Fast PCIe 4.0 drive for a GPU desktop's model library. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| Crucial T500 2TB NVMe SSD (CT2000T500SSD8) | PCIe 4.0 drive for a DDR5 build or a second M.2 slot. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| DOCKS |
| CalDigit TS5 Plus Thunderbolt 5 dock | One cable for displays, 10GbE and fast storage on a Mac mini or Mac Studio. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 dock | Adds ports to USB4 Strix Halo boxes and Macs; 18 ports, 98W charging. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| NETWORK |
| OWC Thunderbolt 10G Ethernet adapter | 10GbE to a NAS so model files load fast, on machines without built-in 10GbE. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| Plugable USB-C 2.5Gb Ethernet adapter (USBC-E2500) | Cheap 2.5GbE for machines with 1GbE or Wi-Fi only. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| CABLES |
| Apple Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) Pro Cable, 1 m | Full-speed Thunderbolt 5 cable for a TB5 dock or drive. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| Cable Matters USB4 40Gbps cable | Certified 40Gbps USB-C cable for USB4 docks and drives on Strix Halo boxes. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| Cable Matters DisplayPort 2.1 (DP80) cable | Full-bandwidth DisplayPort for RTX 50-series and RX 9070 cards. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| POWER (UPS) |
| APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA (BR1500MS2) | Keeps a long run or a model download alive through a short outage. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC sine-wave UPS | Pure sine wave output, which suits high-power GPU desktops with active-PFC power supplies. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| KEYBOARD / MOUSE |
| Logitech MX Keys S keyboard | Multi-device keyboard for a headless AI box plus a laptop. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| Logitech MX Master 3S mouse | Multi-device mouse that switches between three computers. | BUY ON AMAZON → |
| COOLING |
| Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM 120mm fan | Quiet 120mm fan; Framework Desktop takes a standard 120mm fan. | BUY ON AMAZON → |