Memory For Rendering

[Jayhawk]

So I was wondering about video editing and rendering. Would 16 Gb of 1866 MHz memory be good? It'd be paired with an i7 4790k. Also, how much would an additional 16 GB help and would higher speed memory have a significant effect or just a minor one? I didn't really know if this counted as a memory question or a software question.

[loccilucas]

So I was wondering about video editing and rendering. Would 16 Gb of 1866 MHz memory be good? It'd be paired with an i7 4790k. Also, how much would an additional 16 GB help and would higher speed memory have a significant effect or just a minor one?

This vid might be useful 

[xox]

Yeah, 16GB is great and there is very little difference apparantly

[emachado99]

That should be just fine. If your going to be doing heavy video editing and rendering than I would go for 32GB.

[Octavialicious]

16 is fine, 32 might have a slight impact but definitely not worth the money.

[the jolly roger]

That should be just fine. If your going to be doing heavy video editing and rendering than I would go for 32GB.

32gb is the sweet spot, the gain from 32 to 64 is not worth all the money

[TheKDub]

16GB is fine, but if doing a huge amount of rendering then perhaps 32GB would be better, but you can just get a 16GB kit first, then if more is needed you can get another.

 

1866mhz is fine, 1600mhz would be fine too, the speed won't make much difference. (Maybe a few minutes)

[Analog]

I wouldn't buy 32GB of DDR3 RAM especially with DDR4 already out. There is just no point investing in something which by this time next year will be worth half the price. My best advice is buy 2x8GB sticks and then when the prices fall, add more 2x8GB if you really need to. 

Regarding the speed, it does have an impact, but it is definitely not worth the extra cash. Anything above 1866MHz is very overpriced. 

[Jayhawk]

Hey, follow up question. Would I be able to get a lower than real time rendering time? I'm not sure how to phrase it, but I hope that makes sense.

[Analog]

Hey, follow up question. Would I be able to get a lower than real time rendering time? I'm not sure how to phrase it, but I hope that makes sense.

 

Do you mean lower than the estimated time?

[Jayhawk]

Do you mean lower than the estimated time?

I mean lower than the actual time of the video. For example, a 3 hour video taking 2 hours to render. I've heard that some people render 3X real time.

[Analog]

I mean lower than the actual time of the video. For example, a 3 hour video taking 2 hours to render. I've heard that some people render 3X real time.

 

Probably yes, but it depends on a lot of things, like if you are using your PC at the mean time. Surfing online is not going to have the same impact as playing games.