Can a MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 run DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 7B?

Not really — Not recommended

Needs ~6 GB and won't fit comfortably in 3 GB VRAM + 32 GB RAM at a usable speed. A larger-VRAM GPU or a smaller model is the way to run this.

Your VRAM