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Memorable MemberPC Specs?
Ya, not sure I would over think this. 64-bit for sure, and a fast processor, and lots of ram. If you were trying to eeck out every last bit of perf, ... I would say you care more about raw cpu speed (ghz) than number of cores, and that you will enjoy fast ram speeds (DDR4) and a large L3 cache. If you want to drop a grand... Intel Core i7-5960X would probably rock. :)
Memorable MemberThanks both. So I'm floundering a little bit with the forum itself. I accidentally posted the same post twice ....(because I was brand new and had not registered so thought the first one didn't post...)
A good reply on that had a link to a prior Q & A about hardware specs. I replied in thanks, marked it as solution... and now I can't find that post !! Its probably around here somewhere just not sure where.....
It suggested for serious Power BI to go i7, 32RAM and solid state disk... so that's pretty hard core but I can understand if you're serious about this product then that's probably the horse to ride. I've got a good 8G RAM machine to use for awhile until I ramp up my know-how on this product set......
I use a 4 year old low budget laptop... and I use Power Pivot / Power BI daily for consulting. Any modern hardware is going to be totally fine. SSD are awesome, but no super uber benefit to power bi.
- CahabaData
yeah the poster noted that the primary benefit of SSD was during the initial load - and one presumes involving mega record count.
I know I can do without that at least for awhile..... SSD is the inevitable future for all hardward but is still a big premium for today....