8GB or 16GB for HD Video Editing?

Sam Woodcock · Mar 16, 2013

Hey everyone,

I'm building a computer for a friend who will need to be doing a bit of video editing for a university course. The problem is we're on a budget and trying to decide where it would be best to spend money.

Would 8GB be enough RAM or would we have to go for 16GB?

Cheers

rgd1101 · Mar 16, 2013

for video editing more the better.

Sam Woodcock · Mar 16, 2013

rgd1101 :

Thanks, would he be able to manage with 8GB though as we're on a budget? Or will it not be able to cope?

I'm asking because it's a mini-ITX build, so there's only two RAM slots & no room for upgrading.

rgd1101 · Mar 16, 2013

8 GB is workable. depend on the size of video he is editing, it would use the Hard Drive for more temp space.

kassuba39 · Mar 16, 2013

More will always help. Of course though, 8GB will get you by. I can render HD videos in Sony Vegas Pro 10 well with only 4GB.

rolli59 · Mar 16, 2013

Go with a single 8GB stick at least you only need another one to upgrade later.

Sam Woodcock · Mar 17, 2013

rgd1101 :

Thanks for all the replies everyone! I was just wondering about the temp space/caching you mentioned. He decided that he wants a SSD, so will that make it less of a problem if he does run out of RAM space?

rgd1101 · Mar 22, 2013

SSD cost a lot more then make it to 16GB, but yes, SSD would be a lot faster then HDD.
For video editing, how big of a project does he do(GB)? because the larger the SSD the more $$$ is going to cost.

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