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animationlife
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June 4, 2017
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16Gig Ram VS 32 Gig Ram

  • June 4, 2017
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Hello Everyone.

I am buying this computer as Follow:

XPS Tower Special Edition | Dell United States

Also, I am upgrading the Graphic card to:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with 8GB GDDRX Graphic Memory.

I work with After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Modo. My friend told me if I am running each program separately , going from 16 Gig to 32 Gig of Ram, is not going to make that much different. Is that true?

Thanks.

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    Correct answer dbDavideBoscolo

    Yes thatvs fine.

    I have a m2 ssd too, with Windows and all my software there. That's my C drive.

    You'll use your 2Tb drive for your files. I have the same setup.

    You need one extra step:

    move your user folders to your 2TB drive. You can easily do that:

    How to Change the Location of User Folders in Windows 10 - dummies

    This way you can leave everything you want on your Desktop (without using shortcuts if you want), which will now be on your 2tb drive.

    If you'll need to format your ssd drive in the future, your user folder files will be safe ( the ones on your Desktop folder, Documents folder, and so on.. they will stay on your 2tb drive).

    Sorry for my English, a bit messy.

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    Kevin-Monahan
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    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
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    July 22, 2017

    Hi animationlife,

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      animationlifeAuthor
      Brainiac
      July 22, 2017

      Thanks Kevin.

        dbDavideBoscolo
        dbDavideBoscolo
        Brainiac
        June 4, 2017

        I have the nvidia gtx1060 and I think it's more than enough for Ae,  Premiere and Photoshop.

        I would go for the 32gb of ram. That processor is perfect. In a custom build pc you could overclock it (to 4.8ghz maybe), don't know if you can do that with a dell pc.

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        animationlifeAuthor
        Brainiac
        June 4, 2017

        Dear Zulkifar.

        As I said this computer comes with::  512GB M.2 Solid State Drive + 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive,  I can put all my Adobe Creative Clouds Apps In the SSD Drive, and I can put all my files In the other 2TB Drive,  I can create a shortcut of my files from the 2TB Drive in my Desktop. In other words all the folders that are in my 2TB Drive, they have shortcuts in my Desktop. Is this the correct way of doing it?

        dbDavideBoscolo
        dbDavideBoscoloCorrect answer
        Brainiac
        June 4, 2017

        Yes thatvs fine.

        I have a m2 ssd too, with Windows and all my software there. That's my C drive.

        You'll use your 2Tb drive for your files. I have the same setup.

        You need one extra step:

        move your user folders to your 2TB drive. You can easily do that:

        How to Change the Location of User Folders in Windows 10 - dummies

        This way you can leave everything you want on your Desktop (without using shortcuts if you want), which will now be on your 2tb drive.

        If you'll need to format your ssd drive in the future, your user folder files will be safe ( the ones on your Desktop folder, Documents folder, and so on.. they will stay on your 2tb drive).

        Sorry for my English, a bit messy.

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          eikonoklastes
          Brainiac
          June 4, 2017

          After Effects is a hungry, hungry RAM monster. The more you feed it, the happier it will be. 16 GB can quickly become a bit of a bottle-neck, especially if you don't have a dedicated SSD drive as your media cache. Go for 32 GB or beyond if possible.

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            animationlifeAuthor
            Brainiac
            June 4, 2017

            Dear. eikonoklastes.

            This computer is coming with 512 SSD Drive

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            eikonoklastes
            Brainiac
            June 4, 2017

            Just to clarify what I said earlier, Adobe recommends a separate (from your OS and project files), fast SSD drive to use as a media cache. If you have just 1 SSD, housing your OS, project files and the media cache, it's not the most efficient setup for AE.

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