Hi all,
So my brother wants to buy himself a new system. He wants to use it mainly for graphics design, eg. Maya, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc. So as the title suggests he is unsure whether to get an X79 or Z77 motherboard. He also wants the system to be as future proof as possible so he would like to get a sizable amount of ram and be able to expand it later on.
So I have done some reading and most Z77 motherboards state that their maximum amount of RAM is 32GB. Whereas the max amount of RAM on X79 seems to be 64GB (MSI suggests even 128GB). But I also saw that most X79 motherboards have 8 DIMM slots whereas Z77's seem to have 4. So is the 32GB limit for the Z77 motherboards because 16GB RAM sticks are not available or because they cannot support 32GB.
Also aside from the RAM, is a X79 motherboard worth it in the long run for graphics design over a Z77 motherboard?
As a side note, is it even necessary to have more than 32GB RAM/will it ever be necessary in the near future?
Thank You.
So my brother wants to buy himself a new system. He wants to use it mainly for graphics design, eg. Maya, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc. So as the title suggests he is unsure whether to get an X79 or Z77 motherboard. He also wants the system to be as future proof as possible so he would like to get a sizable amount of ram and be able to expand it later on.
So I have done some reading and most Z77 motherboards state that their maximum amount of RAM is 32GB. Whereas the max amount of RAM on X79 seems to be 64GB (MSI suggests even 128GB). But I also saw that most X79 motherboards have 8 DIMM slots whereas Z77's seem to have 4. So is the 32GB limit for the Z77 motherboards because 16GB RAM sticks are not available or because they cannot support 32GB.
Also aside from the RAM, is a X79 motherboard worth it in the long run for graphics design over a Z77 motherboard?
As a side note, is it even necessary to have more than 32GB RAM/will it ever be necessary in the near future?
Thank You.