Is 8GB's of RAM good enough for now, or should I go 16GB's or 32GB's?

Rectifier · Mar 13, 2016

Hi, I'm planning to build a new computer and I'm just wondering if I should go 8GB's, 16GB's or 32GB's. I don't know if I want to spend the money, right now, if 16GB's won't make much of a difference, but it is always nice to futureproof.

Basically I will use my new computer for editing (Lumion, AutoCad, Sketchup, Photoshop), and not for gaming.

Which video card would be ideal for my uses? will a GTX 960 do the job? Is the GTX 950 is a better choice?
Thanks.

mcnumpty23 · Mar 13, 2016

for editing i would have thought at least 16gb

Geekwad · Mar 13, 2016

The GPU would more depend then on how heavily you'd anticipate running operations through it then. Certain features can make more use of CUDA, and it would depend on how often/much you'd be relying on that in your workload.

For editing 16Gb is probably ideal right now, though you could also get by with 8Gb.

RCFProd · Mar 13, 2016

16GB Indeed. For the GPU, you get 1024 CUDA cores with the GTX 960. 768 with the GTX 950. GTX 960 could prove to be quite a bit better.

weberdarren97 · Mar 13, 2016

I'd go with the 16GB of RAM and a GTX 960 like the one here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121928&cm_re=asus_gtx_960-_-14-121-928-_-Product

mcnumpty23 · Mar 13, 2016

personally i always buy the most ram my budget can handle--even if its more than i currently need

as if you later find you should have got more adding extra ram is never 100% guaranteed to work with the existing ram

so sitting here with 32gb even though i dont currently need it--plus ram prices were low when i bought

you may get 8gb then decide i should have got 16gb to find prices went up--or if you are lucky they might have gone down

weberdarren97 · Mar 13, 2016

mcnumpty23 :

Right but if he's only going to use 12GB or so at a time, then an upgrade from 16GB to 32GB would not yield a performance increase. So why spend the money to go all the way to 32GB?

mcnumpty23 · Mar 13, 2016

weberdarren97 :

sorry should have clarified--16gb was what i currently need--so i went higher

if he currently could just get by on 8gb then getting 16gb is what i meant

Rectifier · Mar 13, 2016

Thanks.
Should I go with i7 6700 or i7 5820K?

weberdarren97 · Mar 13, 2016

The 5820K has a higher core count, so it should be more responsive in intensive applications like you have listed. I would go with the 5820K.

RCFProd · Mar 13, 2016

Besides i7-6700k and i7-5820k, I'm thinking that perhaps the Intel Xeon E3 1230 V5 might be ideal. Remember, you won't be gaming at all, so I would look at ECC Memory, durable workstation motherboard like the ones from Supermicro.

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