Solved RAM Recomendations

[ShadowFalls]

I have 8 slots available on my new motherboard and my processor and OS support up to 64 GB so I was wondering what I should get to fill up all 8 slots and all 64 GB? I was thinking about this G.SKILL G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-19200CL10Q2-64GBZHD - Newegg.com

 

[kbrady1979]

Please don't waste your money on that. You'll never use half of it. Your specs say you have 12GB.......buy a 16GB kit and sell your 12GB kit on ebay. Also, it doesn't look like you have an SSD......that would be first on my list of things to buy.

 

[ShadowFalls]

I don't need an ssd. My hard drives have been reliable, fast and high capacity. I need the ram however because my current dimms are a possible cause of the BSOD I keep getting. I am going to go ahead and fill the motherboard because 3DS Max and Adobe would tend to eat up my current amount. Especially when doing renders in AE or Max.

 

[kbrady1979]

I guarantee you don't need that much RAM....and I guarantee an SSD for your OS would blow your mind. There is no reason to have that ballin of a system and NOT have your OS and programs on an SSD. I can give you real numbers of how much faster an SSD is than even the fastest of hard drives if you want. I can promise you it's exponentially faster.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

The more RAM you have, the slower it will run. Normally, that is not an issue with smaller amounts of RAM but, once you get above 32GB, even running at 1600MHz becomes a problem. Unless you are doing some heavy video and photo editing or some really serious multitasking, 16GB should be more than enough. Even when doing video rendering, etc. 32GB would be plenty and cause fewer problems.

Until you have had an SSD, you can not appreciate the improvements they will give. The OS will boot much faster and programs will load at lightning speed. Even the best 10,000 rpm HDDs can't hold a candle to the lousiest SSDs currently available, even if you only have SATA II available.

 

[Sarris]

SF, I have W7 x64 w/ I-5 and I run 32 gb ram (4 slots @ 8 gb each), two video cards and three monitors. I find the most noticeable difference with a lot of RAM, is when scanning, defragging or backing up. Sometimes it takes a minute or two to finish writing a Macrium image to the drive after the program is stopped, as (I assume) it's all in RAM. I also have NOT made the transition to SSD, as I prefer to wait until we get affordable large capacity SSD's. My two cents.

 

[madcratebuilder]

You are getting good advise. You well see a marked speed improvement with a SSD. You well see a decrease in system performance as you increase the amount of installed RAM over 16GB. 16GB is more than sufficient, most are fine with 8GB.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

You are getting good advise. You well see a marked speed improvement with a SSD. You well see a decrease in system performance as you increase the amount of installed RAM over 16GB. 16GB is more than sufficient, most are fine with 8GB.

I agree except 32GB would more likely be the high end for uninhibited performance unless overclocking the RAM well past 1600MHz. On present rig, if I had had to choose between an SSD and 16GB RAM or just 32GB of RAM without the SSD, I would have chosen the 16GB and SSD in a heartbeat (fortunately, I was able to afford both and my MOBO could handle it without a performance hit since I'm not overclocking anything).

I could see the OP benefiting from 24GB (six 4GB sticks) or 32GB (eight 4GB sticks) of RAM since he said he was doing some rendering. One disadvantage of large amounts of RAM is the hybersys.fil file will be huge (24GB is the default with my 32GB of RAM and I may need to increase that sometime in the future) in order for hibernate to work (I need hibernate fully enabled since my UPS uses it to safely shut down my PC without losing any work in progress).

 

[Solarstarshines]

I don't need an ssd. My hard drives have been reliable, fast and high capacity. I need the ram however because my current dimms are a possible cause of the BSOD I keep getting. I am going to go ahead and fill the motherboard because 3DS Max and Adobe would tend to eat up my current amount. Especially when doing renders in AE or Max.

I guess they missed the part you do heavy editing but if your going to add ram make sure it is all the same like Kbrady said

Dump the 12 and just use 16 , dump the 12 regardless you don't need to mix and match ram

Also you would have good gains from a SSD most likely 16 gb would be the sweet spot anyway like Lady said there is no reason to pack slots up when the machine will probably use 50% or less when running


They have given you good advice you can't get more speed with ram more speed will come with the HD that is installed SSD would be superior to all

 

[kbrady1979]

I agree, there are cases that warrant more than 16GB of RAM, no doubt. If 16GB is cutting it close, then get a 4x8GB kit AND an SSD. There is really no excuse for not having one at this point.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Another tack would be purchase the 64 gb of ram and dedicate half or more to a ram drive. The reality is that 32gb of high speed ram and a 256 gb SSD will rock your world as well as the wallet but that doesn't seem to be an issue if you're really considering 64.

 

[Solarstarshines]

I really think 64 GB is Overkill is he running a Super computer ???????

Multi virtual machines and combinations of servers I think not :sarc:


Seriously just a big waste I have 16 GB and haven't even gone near 50% use and i'm doing all kinds so the bottom line here is to figure out how much he uses now doing Adobe vs getting what he is looking for

If he is going on the fact he uses up 8gb of ram or what ever he need to just go 16gb 4 gb is still plenty and I doubt Adobe eats like a burly wild pig

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I agree, there are cases that warrant more than 16GB of RAM, no doubt. If 16GB is cutting it close, then get a 4x8GB kit AND an SSD. There is really no excuse for not having one at this point.

He has a board with 8 slots so a kit with six 4GB sticks for 24GB or eight 4GB sticks for 32GB would be better.

 

[kbrady1979]

Why would an 8x4GB kit be better than a 4x8GB kit? He is still able to run in quad channel if I'm not mistaken.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

The 8 sticks will keep the dust out of the lonely ram slots ! lol

 

[ShadowFalls]

I agree, there are cases that warrant more than 16GB of RAM, no doubt. If 16GB is cutting it close, then get a 4x8GB kit AND an SSD. There is really no excuse for not having one at this point.

My excuse is the overkill price for a single TB of storage. I'm satisfied or at least can live with the boot time and launch speed of my applications. Not a single brand recommendation for RAM in any of the replies. And my point has been missed. The whole reason I want new ram is because my new motherboard doesn't like my current RAM and gives be BSOD way to often. I work with 2k-5k footage quite often and all I know is that it would also be nice not to see my usage all the way in the 90s but that is just a side not to my main point which is the BSOD. So if anyone has any good recommendations for RAM please point me that way. I dont know much about the mechanics behind computers and don't want to bye something that will do a worse job then my current dimms.

 

[kbrady1979]

Well, if some of your RAM is bad, then no new RAM will make that worse. I would go with a matched set of Corsair Vengeance, or G.Skill Ripjaws. Also, an SSD is for your Operating System and programs, you don't have to have a 1TB SSD. A 128/256GB will work just fine.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Always a good idea and visit the mobo's site what Giga's tested with your board. Check out the site for customers running the same board and where the sweet spot is with the ram speeds working well with the mobo and CPU. G Skill has a great site as well you could join and toss the ram speed and qty. question there. I have Crucial, GSkill and Corsair ram and all will in my opinion work flawlessly but I've bought OC high speed ram only to have practical limits placed on the mobo and CPU.

 

[ShadowFalls]

Here is the Qualified Vendor List for my motherboard http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-x79-up4.pdf. The 4gb dimms i'm using are actually on this list but not the 2gb versions which both sizes are ADATA. I will take out the 2gb dimms and see if I can at least get the BSOD to stop popping up at random but I'm still going to buy new RAM and am open to any recommendations for what's on the list.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Here is the Qualified Vendor List for my motherboard http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-x79-up4.pdf. The 4gb dimms i'm using are actually on this list but not the 2gb versions which both sizes are ADATA. I will take out the 2gb dimms and see if I can at least get the BSOD to stop popping up at random but I'm still going to buy new RAM and am open to any recommendations for what's on the list.

in your case I would go all patriot ram I have used it and works like a boss also would be the most effective for your needs