More Ram or Faster Ram?

ghostarcher12

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I've been using Adobe after Effects, Photoshop, and Sony Vegas a lot lately. I only have 8GB of some 1600mhz ram (not even sure the brand). I was wondering if it would be better to get more ram or faster ram for rendering the videos and special effects. When I use After Effects, it takes a long time to render (I figured it was due to the particle usage). But at the same time, it takes a long time to render it all. I want to make it above 1080p in the future.
My current Specs are:
Processor: i7 4770k
MOBO: Gigabyte UD4H
Graphics: GTX 770 SC
120GB kingston SSD (for Boot drive, planning to get larger ssd's in raid 0)
1TB Toshiba hdd
8GB 1600mhz RAM

So, more ram or faster ram? I want to have the option to play games or something while rendering, as the rig is mainly for gaming. I do a lot of multi tasking but I've never really examined a machine with more ram or faster ram for what I do, so I wouldn't know the difference.

Thanks
~Ghost
 
Hi

I guess going from 8GB to 16GB will give a better increase than faster RAM for those programs that can use large amounts of RAM

I dont think putting SSD's in RAID 0 is a good idea Trim will not work and SATA 3 will not be able to send data fast enough to make any difference from no RAID SSD's

Different things apply with spinning hard drives

regards

Mike Barnes
 
rendering and playing at the same time requires all the resources availiable.for gaming 8gb 1600mhz is enough.for rendering, editing etc a faster ram would be preferable but since you already have 8gb, purchase another 8gb and you ll be fine.make sure it is an even match. also assuming your psu is up to the task you can gain a performance boost by overclocking your cpu.you ll need an aftermarket cooller though,like cooller master evo 212. its very capable for its price.
 

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