What would you personally recommend for those that have 128 GB?
I have a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 128 GB for running those sort of "background task", and my sweet spot is currently Qwen3.8 Flash-Next IQ4 at 96 GB.
if you have 128 GB, you could use Qwen Flash Next at some reasonable quant, with the new SSD hack for only keeping some of the model resident in memory.
I have a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 128 GB for running those sort of "background task", and my sweet spot is currently Qwen3.8 Flash-Next IQ4 at 96 GB.