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Best amount of system RAM for Adobe After Effects

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  • Asus
  • Intel i7
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September 6, 2013 1:08:36 PM

I have an ASUS G73 SW series laptop with these specs.

8GB (4x 2GB) DDR3/1333 Memory
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SATA III Sandforce Solid-State Drive
500GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive - Seagate XT NCQ Hybrid w/4GB SSD
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 192bit w/1.5GB GDDR5
Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM (2.0~2.9GHz) w/6M L3 Cache - 4 Cores - 8 Threads and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

When I use Adobe After Effects CS5 to render HD videos my system bogs down, gets very slow. Everything else I do on the system is super fast, no problems. I am considering upgrading my RAM to 16GB or even 32GB. Which is the best level to get great rendering performance from After Effects?

My other concern is my i7 processor. How much longer before thats obsolete if it aint already? Is this also upgradable?

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September 6, 2013 1:14:38 PM

The more RAM, the faster rendering in AE, especially on RAM previews. I would bulk up to whatever you can afford and your system can handle, with Windows Home Premium, that's 16GB max. I did something similar and I think you will enjoy the benefits.

You i7 is going to be good for quite a while, imo. With 4 cores, and 8 threads, especially with your stated usage, you're gonna be golden for a while.

Cheers!
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September 6, 2013 1:58:15 PM

ACTechy said:
The more RAM, the faster rendering in AE, especially on RAM previews. I would bulk up to whatever you can afford and your system can handle, with Windows Home Premium, that's 16GB max. I did something similar and I think you will enjoy the benefits.

You i7 is going to be good for quite a while, imo. With 4 cores, and 8 threads, especially with your stated usage, you're gonna be golden for a while.

Cheers!


I just checked the ASUS website (http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/G73SW/#specifi...). It says my laptop maxes out at 16 GB. Will my performance be MUCH better doubling my RAM?
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September 6, 2013 2:01:02 PM

GJTech94 said:

I just checked the ASUS website (http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/G73SW/#specifi...). It says my laptop maxes out at 16 GB. Will my performance be MUCH better doubling my RAM?


Absolutely, particularly with After Effects (and other Adobe programs). Make sure you check your AE preferences when you upgrade and allow AE to use more RAM.
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