More ram?

[slayeofool123]

Is 16GB of ram enough for video editing( premier/after effects) and gaming or i need more?

[madscientist56]

16 should be plenty

[DavidTheWin]

Fine for gaming but you might need more if you're doing serious video editing work. If you buy 2x8gb sticks and try 16 then you will save money over buying 32gb  and you will still have room for 2 more 8gb sticks if you find you need more space.

[DeViLzzz]

Alway get more ram.  Just RAM IT! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ANI6oUNAdE

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Perfect, but if you can with no problem Step up to 32GB to use the hole Banwidth Present on there, and you'll forgot about Ram Upgrading For good

[slayeofool123]

thanks guys i guys i will stick with 16 for now and upgrade more later

[Enderman]

Depends how dedicated you are to video editing. You can never have enough ram when editing, it fills up immediately. If you have an x79 board then go for 64GB, but z87/97 is still limited to 32GB

If you cant afford it right now just get 2x8GB dimms so you can upgrade with 2 more later to get 32GB

My 16GB fill up in a couple minutes of editing, and then stuff begins to get moved to my SSD which makes it a lot slower.

[lufihengr]

Depends how dedicated you are to video editing. You can never have enough ram when editing, it fills up immediately. If you have an x79 board then go for 64GB, but z87/97 is still limited to 32GB

If you cant afford it right now just get 2x8GB dimms so you can upgrade with 2 more later to get 32GB

My 16GB fill up in a couple minutes of editing, and then stuff begins to get moved to my SSD which makes it a lot slower.

This is so true. I used to have 8gb of ram and it used all of it (not too surprising) then I upgraded to 24gb and it's using all of that as well

[Enderman]

This is so true. I used to have 8gb of ram and it used all of it (not too surprising) then I upgraded to 24gb and it's using all of that as well

Yeah

When editing, the program loads as much of the video as possible into ram for quick playback. When ram is full it goes to the SSD, which is incredibly slower than ram. Even for a 2 minute video, you will use all of your ram, because it is uncompressed when editing. I wish we could have 128 or 256GB of ram with DDR4

[lufihengr]

Yeah

When editing, the program loads as much of the video as possible into ram for quick playback. When ram is full it goes to the SSD, which is incredibly slower than ram. Even for a 2 minute video, you will use all of your ram, because it is uncompressed when editing. I wish we could have 128 or 256GB of ram with DDR4

I'm thinking of waiting till DDR4 is mainstream, for just that reason. But it probably is a few years away still....  <_<  

[Enderman]

I'm thinking of waiting till DDR4 is mainstream, for just that reason. But it probably is a few years away still....  <_<  

True.