Recommended RAM for PowerPivot

d3struckt

New Member
Joined
Jan 16, 2012
Messages
15
To the PowerPivot Elites:

How dependent is PowerPivot based on RAM/hardware? Would there be a large performance gain in PowerPivot if I increased the available ram from 4gigs to the maximum my laptop can hold to 8gigs?

I'm on a Dell E4310 Core I5 with 4 gigs of ram. However, I noticed when I analyze over 2 million rows with multiple linked tables, the query time slowly increases and my Excel crashes every once in a while. What do you think?
 

Excel Facts

What does custom number format of ;;; mean?
Three semi-colons will hide the value in the cell. Although most people use white font instead.
Going to 8 GB RAM will help you a lot, but only if you also switch to 64-bit Excel and 64-bit PowerPivot.

I generally find 64-bit to be much more reliable than 32-bit. The downside of 64-bit is that many Office addons don't work on 64-bit.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Upvote 0

Forum statistics

Threads
1,223,099
Messages
6,170,107
Members
452,302
Latest member
TaMere

We've detected that you are using an adblocker.

We have a great community of people providing Excel help here, but the hosting costs are enormous. You can help keep this site running by allowing ads on MrExcel.com.
Allow Ads at MrExcel

Which adblocker are you using?

Disable AdBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Pause on this site" option.
Go back

Disable AdBlock Plus

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock Plus

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the toggle to disable it for "mrexcel.com".
Go back

Disable uBlock Origin

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock Origin

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back

Disable uBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back
Back
Top