My gpu is gtx 1650 does it work for ue4

the editor crashes a lot especially when building lights even in a very simple scene is my graphic card causing this or i did something wrong

The GPU is supported and should work ok. How up to date are the drivers? What’s your system RAM? Is this a Windows machine?

While the engine can be unstable at times, in a lot of cases it’s a combination of hardware / software issues on the user’s machine.

Keeping a clean system can get you a long way. Even a simple CCleaner can mitigate a plethora of potential issues. Crashing may occur due to system overheating - this is especially a plausible scenario for laptops.

Is it crashing or timing out? I had this issue on an older laptop and it was the application timeout .net - How to extend application hang timeout? - Stack Overflow
Unreal is capable of running on an integrated GPU from an external drive.

It’s maybe because either you have less then minimum req btw gtx 1650 can work just fine
You just have to spend atleast 700£ to get a pc or a laptop on top of that a good monitor to handle it