# Recommended processor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [November 8, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/recommended-processor/47216 "2022-11-08T00:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![rigmarole](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/rigmarole/32/29973_2.png) [@rigmarole](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/rigmarole)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/recommended-processor/47216/3 "2022-11-08T02:53:40Z")
To answer that question, you can likely follow this thread, to a Stack Overflow discussion about the minimum requirements for Electron and Chromium engine. RAM is likely going to be the bigger issue than processor. (I don’t know what optimizations or heavier features have been made since that old post.) > [@System/ RAM requirements for Obsidian](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/system-ram-requirements-for-obsidian/4582/2): > > I’m not aware of any technical requirements but it would depend a lot on how many notes you have and how long they are. Right now Obsidian isn’t designed for low-spec computers and our optimizations tend to favor consuming more CPU/RAM to improve the app’s experience, which may not work as great especially if you have low RAM that may cause swapping to happen frequently. According to an answer from a couple of years ago, it seems to be a pretty low requirement: Again this would all depend o… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/recommended-processor/47216)._