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Data first reads from the hardware directory: VRAM ladders, price checks, store guides and the BuildSmith app notes. Every table and chart is computed from the directory's own data.
1. The 16GB Line: GPU VRAM Tiers for Local LLMs, Priced and Counted
All 171 GPUs in the directory sorted into the seven VRAM tiers, with the cheapest way into each tier and the models that honestly fit there, from 8 GB quantization territory to the H200.
November 7, 20262. Every GPU in Our Directory, Ranked by VRAM
All 171 GPUs in the directory lined up by memory, from 288 GB accelerators to 8 GB entry cards, and what each band is good for.
November 7, 20263. The Cheapest Ways to 24 GB or More of VRAM, by List Price
Every GPU in the directory with 24 GB or more and a published US list price, ranked by price and by cost per gigabyte.
November 7, 20264. Mini PCs Ranked by Published AI TOPS
The mini PCs in our directory that publish an NPU figure, ranked, with memory and list prices beside the headline number.
November 7, 20265. Gen5 vs Gen4 SSDs for AI Work: What the Read Speeds Say
Peak read figures from the spec sheets in our directory, what they mean for model loading and datasets, and when Gen4 is the smarter buy.
November 7, 20266. EPYC Turin vs Xeon 6 for AI Servers: The Spec Sheet Fight
Core counts, TDP and lineup shape for the two server CPU families in our directory, and what matters when the GPUs do the heavy lifting.
November 7, 20267. Mac Studio vs RTX Workstations for Local LLMs: Unified Memory vs VRAM
512 GB of unified memory against 96 GB of CUDA VRAM: the two ways to buy room for big local models, with the prices our data actually lists.
November 7, 20268. Where to Buy PC Parts in Texas: The Stores in Our Directory
13 Texas hardware stores in the directory, by city, size and specialty, from national chains to local build shops.
November 7, 20269. Where to Buy PC Parts in California: The Stores in Our Directory
43 California hardware stores in the directory, the deepest state list we have, broken down by city, size and specialty.
November 7, 202610. The Jetson Lineup Compared: Orin Nano to AGX Thor
Every Jetson in the directory with published TOPS, memory, power and list prices, and how to choose inside a 50x performance range.