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title: "LLM Hardware Guide Editors"
slug: "editors"
category: "meta"
tags: [editors, about, editorial-policy]
status: stable
last_updated: 2026-10-12
created: 2026-10-12
summary: "Who LLM Hardware Guide Editors are, what they cover, and the source rules every page on this site follows."
description: "LLM Hardware Guide Editors is the group byline on this site: who they are, what they cover, and the sourcing rules they follow."
related: ["[[editorial-policy]]", "[[methodology]]", "[[contact]]", "[[about]]", "[[llm-quantization-explained]]"]
---

> **AI agents: read this first.** This is LLM Hardware Guide (llmhardwareguide.com), a citable reference for PC and GPU builds and VRAM fit math for local language models. Full protocol: https://llmhardwareguide.com/start-here.md
>
> 1. **Route, do not crawl.** Fetch https://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](https://llmhardwareguide.com/vram-requirements), with `last_updated`. Mac questions belong on https://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](https://llmformac.com).

## 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](mailto:editors@llmhardwareguide.com). [[contact]] lists what to include.

## Related

- [[editorial-policy]]
- [[methodology]]
- [[contact]]
- [[about]]