Is it necessary to upgrade my RAM to 64GB?

[Zamani]

Hi Alex,

Thank you for putting up this site, I stumbled upon it last night and I've been reading up on different threads, it has been really helpful, thank you.

I have a little issue I would need advice on.

I’m a motion designer, that does a lot of explainer promos and social media ads, mostly 2D stuff, but I’m currently learning 3D specifically Blender and C4D. I also use PS and AI simultaneously most times in the background.

I’m looking to get the latest Asus Zephyrus Duo, it’s

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (8-core/16-thread, 20MB cache, up to 5.0 GHz max boost)

32GB DDR5 (4800mhz)

2TB SSD (PCIe 4.0)

RTX 3080ti (16GB GDDR6)ROG Boost up to 1445MHz at 165W in Manual mode or 150W in Turbo mode (140W + 10W/25W with Dynamic Boost)

Based on this spec, I’m wondering if it’s really necessary to upgrade to 64gb RAM, I’m particular about getting good playback without lag on Ae, especially with complex projects with effects, and instant feedback in view port on C4D.

Kindly advice, thank you

 

[Alex Glawion]

32GB should be enough for most projects within Blender or Cinema 4D. If you're doing compositing, though with After Effects for example, 64GB would be recommended as the workload does eat up a lot of RAM.

Photoshop and Illustrator don't need that much RAM unless you're working on high-res Images with lots of layers in higher bit-depths above 8bits.

I'd say 32GB looks like it's sufficient for the majority of your tasks.

 

[Zamani]

Hi Alex,

Thank you for the prompt response, sincerely appreciate.

I would be doing a pretty decent amount of compositing, so I think I'd look into getting a 64gb, just to future proof as well.

Really appreciate the response