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title: Local AI Hardware Guides
url: "https://goremy.ai/blog/topic/local-ai-hardware-guides"
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updated: "2026-10-22T16:00:07.452Z"
posts: 8
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# Local AI Hardware Guides

What hardware you need to run AI locally: GPUs, Macs and Mac minis, old or CPU-only machines, RAM and storage sizing, and GPU setup tricks. Software setup and model-specific guides stay in Local & Open-Weight Models, and rent-versus-buy cost math goes in Local vs Cloud AI Costs.

## Posts (8)

- [How Much RAM and Storage Does a Mac mini Need for AI Agents?](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/mac-mini-for-ai-agents-how-much-memory) (2026-10-22): Buying a Mac mini to run AI agents all day? Here is how to size RAM and storage, what local models change, and why a bigger machine won't fix agent bloat.
- [How to Run CUDA on AMD GPUs With ZLUDA on Windows](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/how-to-run-cuda-on-amd-gpus-with-zluda-on-windows) (2026-10-21): Learn how to run CUDA apps on AMD GPUs with ZLUDA on Windows: setup steps, supported GPUs, legal risk under NVIDIA's EULA, and what still breaks.
- [How to Run a Local AI Coding Agent on a Mac Mini (M4)](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/how-to-run-a-local-ai-coding-agent-on-a-mac-mini-m4) (2026-10-21): Build a local AI coding agent on an M4 Mac Mini with Ollama's MLX backend, Qwen3-Coder-Next, Serena MCP tools, and a Panel chat UI. No token billing.
- [How to Run a Local LLM on Old Hardware: The 2026 Playbook](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/how-to-run-a-local-llm-on-old-hardware-2026-guide) (2026-09-30): Quantized GGUF models, BitNet 1-bit weights, and P2P clusters like exo and Petals let you run real AI on a Raspberry Pi or old laptop. Here's the playbook.
- [How to Run Local AI on Old Hardware (No GPU Required)](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/running-local-ai-on-old-hardware-step-by-step-guide) (2026-09-25): Old laptops can run local AI. See how Omarchy Linux and Ollama turn a decade-old, GPU-less machine into a working agentic coding setup.
- [How Developers Reuse Old Hardware with Local AI Scripts](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/how-to-reuse-old-hardware-with-local-ai-scripts) (2026-09-09): Learn how developers turn rotary phones, old laptops, Kindles, and spare phones into a subscription-free smart home using open-source local AI scripts.
- [What Hardware Do You Actually Need to Run LLMs Locally?](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/hardware-requirements-for-local-llm-inference-2026-guide) (2026-09-03): What GPU, memory, and budget you actually need to run a 27B-class model like Qwen3 locally, plus the break-even math against API pricing.
- [The Mac Studio M5 Ultra Makes the Case for Owning Your AI Compute](https://goremy.ai/blog/articles/mac-studio-m5-ultra-the-case-for-owning-your-ai-compute) (2026-09-02): Local AI vs cloud AI cost, explained with real numbers. Why Apple's M5 Ultra and open models like Granite 4.2 change the local-versus-cloud math.