# Unreal Engine 4.5.1 Editor crashing on opening any project **URL:** \ **Category:** Platform & Builds\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, crash, editor, UE4, question\ **Created:** [November 7, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-5-1-editor-crashing-on-opening-any-project/298410 "2014-11-07T14:41:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2b03d27c](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2b03d27c](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2b03d27c)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-5-1-editor-crashing-on-opening-any-project/298410/2 "2014-11-07T15:13:05Z")
Hey xLR- Unfortunately your hardware is well below what is recommended to run the engine. This is a known crash that is currently being investigated. This link gives the recommended hardware for a variety of setups: > **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)** > > After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from... You can also find community feedback on what hardware systems/setups are currently in use and how they preform here: > **[\[Official\] Hardware Performance Survey](https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?20643-Official-Hardware-Performance-Survey)** > > We have created this thread to help with our ongoing process of ensuring great editor performance across as many different systems as possible. There are only so many system configurations that we are able to test here at Epic, so we need the help of... Cheers --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-5-1-editor-crashing-on-opening-any-project/298410)._