Appendix J: Hardware Bill of Materials (BOM)
Purpose: Contains the complete hardware specification (Bill of Materials) for assembling a Core Node, including the primary and alternative configurations, procurement sources, estimated prices (April 2026, USD), and acceptance procedure.
J1. Primary Core Node Configuration (Recommended)
| Component |
Model |
Qty |
Unit Price |
Total |
| GPU (anchor) |
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96 GB GDDR7) |
1 |
$18,500 |
$18,500 |
| GPU (secondary) |
NVIDIA RTX 5090 Ti (32 GB GDDR7) |
2 |
$7,500 |
$15,000 |
| CPU |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X (24 cores) |
1 |
$2,800 |
$2,800 |
| Motherboard |
ASUS Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI (sTR5) |
1 |
$1,200 |
$1,200 |
| RAM |
256 GB (4×64 GB) DDR5 ECC |
1 kit |
$3,200 |
$3,200 |
| NVMe SSD |
Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB |
2 |
$450 |
$900 |
| Power Supply |
Seasonic Prime TX-2200 (2200 W, 80+ Titanium) |
1 |
$800 |
$800 |
| UPS |
APC Smart-UPS SRT3000 (3000 VA / 2700 W) |
1 |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
| IP-KVM |
PiKVM v4 Plus |
1 |
$350 |
$350 |
| Watchdog |
Arduino Uno R4 WiFi + 5V relay |
1 |
$50 |
$50 |
| Network Card |
Mellanox ConnectX-5 25GbE (SFP28) |
1 |
$300 |
$300 |
| Cooling |
Case + fans (Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL + Noctua) |
1 kit |
$500 |
$500 |
| Total |
|
|
|
$47,100 |
J2. Alternative Configurations
J2.1. Budget Configuration (Vagrant + Arbtiragius only)
| Component |
Model |
Qty |
Price |
| GPU |
NVIDIA RTX 5090 Ti (32 GB) |
2 |
$15,000 |
| CPU |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (16 cores) |
1 |
$1,200 |
| RAM |
128 GB DDR5 ECC |
1 kit |
$1,600 |
| NVMe |
2× 2 TB Samsung 990 Pro |
2 |
$400 |
| PSU |
Seasonic Prime TX-1600 (1600 W) |
1 |
$600 |
| UPS |
APC Smart-UPS SRT2200 (2200 VA) |
1 |
$2,500 |
| Total |
|
|
~$25,000 |
J2.2. Extended Configuration (Architectus + Sentinella on a single node)
| Component |
Model |
Qty |
Price |
| GPU |
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96 GB) |
2 |
$37,000 |
| GPU |
NVIDIA RTX 5090 Ti (32 GB) |
4 |
$30,000 |
| CPU |
AMD EPYC 9454 (48 cores) |
1 |
$2,500 |
| RAM |
512 GB DDR5 ECC |
1 kit |
$8,000 |
| Platform |
Server build |
1 |
$3,000 |
| Total |
|
|
~$80,500 |
J3. Procurement Sources (Recommendations)
- GPU, CPU, Motherboard: New via official channels (Amazon Business, B&H Photo). Used is not recommended due to PUF degradation risk.
- RAM, NVMe: Official resellers, mandatory ECC verification.
- UPS: APC Authorized Resellers. Online Double-Conversion only.
- Arduino, PiKVM, Relay: Any verified suppliers.
J4. Acceptance Procedure
- Visual inspection for physical damage.
- Serial number verification (GPU, CPU) against the order.
- Run
hw_probe to verify declared specifications.
- Thermal stress test (30 min) — all GPU temperatures ≤ 85 °C.
- PUF enrollment — first cold start to record SRAM entropy.
- Generate
readiness_manifest.json (see Hardware_Isolation.md).
J5. Relationship with Other Documents