Hardware Selection for Local LLMs: Overcoming the VRAM Wall with Practical GPU, CPU, and Memory Configurations

Introduction: Gemini Flash Equivalent Locally? The Despair of a Slow Development Environment If you, like me, were thrilled by the explosive responsiveness of Google Gemini 2.5 Flash and dreamed of running it locally without privacy concerns, this article is for you. As a lawyer and auditor, I work daily with vast XBRL data and PDF documents, building a self-evolving AI system...