# Recommended specs for running Paraview
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommended-specs-for-running-paraview/7459
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 22, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommended-specs-for-running-paraview/7459 "2021-06-22T11:26:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@FMacca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/FMacca)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommended-specs-for-running-paraview/7459/1 "2021-06-22T11:26:59Z")
Hello everyone! I am new to Paraview and I am going to use it for 3d data visualization and I am also in need to buy a new PC. Which specs do you suggest in order for Paraview to work at its best?
Thank you in advance,
Best regards,
Filippo
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommended-specs-for-running-paraview/7459/2 "2021-06-22T11:30:29Z")
ParaView scales very well, do it mostly depends on your data and processing you want, but:
Enough RAM to load and process your biggest data.
An ok GPU to be able to render fast enough.
As powerful a CPU has possible.
SSD disk is a must.
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### Author:  [@FMacca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/FMacca)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommended-specs-for-running-paraview/7459/3 "2021-06-22T11:57:02Z")
Thank you very much
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recommended-specs-for-running-paraview/7459/4 "2021-06-22T16:16:47Z")
Totally agree with Mathieu. One more think to consider is the size of your data. If your datasets are MBytes to GBytes in size, disk speed probably won’t matter much. If they are tens or (wow) hundreds of GBytes, you want a very fast, large disk (like an SSD).