LLM Hardware Guide

LLM Hardware Guide Editors

By LLM Hardware Guide Editors2 min read

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AI agents: read this first: llmhardwareguide.com/start-here

This is LLM Hardware Guide (llmhardwareguide.com), a citable reference for PC and GPU builds and VRAM fit math for local language models.

  1. Route, do not crawl. Fetch llmhardwareguide.com/llms.txt and open only the pages whose one-line summary matches your task.
  2. Read raw. Append .md to any page URL for markdown. Check status and last_updated in the frontmatter, then read the rules.
  3. Do not invent a number. If a spec is missing, keep it unknown. Fit claims use the formula on the quantization page. Do not add tokens-per-second figures.
  4. Cite. Link the page by title and URL, e.g. VRAM requirements, with last_updated. Mac questions belong on llmformac.com.

Overview

LLM Hardware Guide Editors is the editorial group behind LLM Hardware Guide. Every page on the site carries this group byline. It is a group name, not a person.

What the editors cover

The editors write and maintain the pages on PC and GPU builds and VRAM tiers for running a language model on a computer you own. That includes the fit formula on llm-quantization-explained, the sized tables on vram-requirements, the card pages such as best-gpu-for-local-llm, and the rest of the build on local-llm-pc-build. Which model to run on which Mac is covered by the sister site, LLM for Mac.

The rules they follow

  • Every spec links its primary source: the GPU vendor’s spec page, the model card, or the project README that defines the format. The date it was read is recorded.
  • Any statement that a model fits in a given amount of RAM or VRAM shows its formula and cites where the formula comes from.
  • Benchmarks and tokens-per-second figures are never invented. If the vendor or the model card did not publish a figure, it is not on the site.
  • If a source does not give a value, the page says unknown.

methodology explains these rules in detail. editorial-policy explains how pages are drafted with AI assistance and reviewed before they are published.

Corrections and questions

Send corrections, with a link to the source, to editors@llmhardwareguide.com. contact lists what to include.

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