Will adding ram improve performance?

Marcodrp · Feb 21, 2015

Hello,

I've just bought an 27" iMac with 3.2 GHz quad core core i5 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory. It currently has 8GB of memory.

I'm using it for video editing: Using premiere pro and after effects mainly, and Photoshop and Illustrator occasionally. Sometimes I have to work on several projects at once, and I wonder if I upgrade the ram (this mac version allows it), I will be able to work smoothly while rendering an after effects project and a premiere pro project. I usually use 5-10 desktops at once, each loaded with a browser with one project.

I'm not really savvy in hardware, so I'd really appreciate some help with that.

Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,

Marco

emdea22 · Feb 21, 2015

When heavily multitasking i'm guessing the cpu is the first to give up. You might want to think about getting another editing rig for photoshop and ilustrator...a cheaper windows based pc maybe. You could potentially hook it up the 27 display and just switch when needed. Also file sharing could be easily done via network so that wouldn't be a problem.

jitpublisher · Feb 21, 2015

More memory, and a faster hardrive will help. Also, the programs you are using will benefit from a processor with hyperthreading, or more physical cores. An i7 would have been a better choice for what you are doing.

SBMfromLA · Feb 21, 2015

emdea22 :

I seriously doubt a Mac user will want to get a Windows system, especially since he just said he RECENTLY bought his Mac system... and that's not what the user inquired about.. What the user should do is look at his memory usage to see how much of his RAM is used on average to determine if he needs to add more. I just looked up that iMac and RAM seems to be about the only component that can be user upgradeable. Here is the info:

Applicable models

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2013)
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2012)

Memory specifications

These iMac models have these memory specifications:
Number of memory slots 4
Base memory 8 GB
Maximum memory 32 GB

Use Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) that meet all of these criteria:

PC3-12800
Unbuffered
Nonparity
204-pin
1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM

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