Choosing the right ER system.
A short guide to how the catalog is organized, so you can narrow down what you need before diving into individual specs.
The four conventional families
Gaming PCs are tuned for frame rates and responsiveness. Multimedia Workstations prioritize GPU memory and sustained thermal performance for rendering and content creation. Developer Rigs favor multi-core throughput and memory capacity for builds, compilation, and virtualization. Founder Series is the balanced, premium all-around option across every dimension rather than specialized in one.
Signature Series — ASH A(π)
The one system built natively around ASH intelligence rather than adapted for it — workstation-class hardware (96GB ECC GPU memory, Threadripper PRO platform) specified for that role from the start.
The $5K / $7K / $12K tiers
Within each conventional family, Tier I (~$5K) covers strong, capable systems for the workload; Tier II (~$7K) steps up performance headroom; Tier III (~$12K) is the top of that family's conventional lineup, with the most capability and thermal/power headroom.
When ASH A(π) is the right call
If native ASH intelligence — not just AI-capable hardware, but a system built around ASH from the platform up — is what you actually need, ASH A(π) is the only system in the catalog built for that. If you need a great conventional system that also happens to run local AI well, any of the 12 conventional systems fit, sized by family and tier.
Still not sure?
Use Help Me Choose for a direct, deterministic recommendation based on your workload and budget, or Compare Systems to put specific systems side by side.