Ideal PC Specs for Developing Reports for "Big Data"

[lance_6]

The reports I'm working with import a large data source (1-2gb uncompressed with the typical fact table being 500M+ rows, 8 columns with multiple dimmension tables) and perform some computationally expensive measures. My PC specs up to this point haven't cut it. So my question is, what is the "Ideal Power BI Dev Machine"?

Here's the PC specs I've used up to this point: 

I5-8400K + 16gb RAM + HDD

I5-8400K + 32gb RAM + SSD

Ryzen 9 5900X + 32gb RAM + NVME + 1660S

Thank you!

[v-xiaotang · Accepted solution]

Hi @lance_6 

actually, the official document only mentioned Minimum requirements, but I think your PC specs are enough. Personally speaking, there's no absolute ideal machine. If the PC is still slow, maybe you can try to optimize the model

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/fundamentals/desktop-get-the-desktop#minimum-requirements

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Tang

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