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32GB of RAM in Mac Pro
Hi,
I’m looking at getting 32GB of RAM for my MacPro, I will be editing in FCP with DVCPRO HD 720p60 source footage from a HPX170 camcorder.
I found OWC to have 32GB of RAM for $1248, here’s the link:
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%2520World%2520Computing/85MP3S4M32GK/Is this safe RAM to buy? CDW quoted me double for CRUCIAL Ram.
Suggestions of which route to take?Thanks!,
Ben Brodbeck
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6 Replies
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Hi Ben,
Do you know that FC is limited to use 4GBs RAM?
That much memory will helps you with other applications but no much with this one.
Best,
Rafael -
I wouldn’t pay the premium for the 4 gig sticks. Stick with the 2 gig sticks and go with 16gb if you want to stock up on ram.
After upgrading my system, and using other systems the difference in FCP between 4, 8 and 16gb isn’t all that. -
32GB is overkill. Unless you plan on running multiple applications at once, like FCP, photoshop, AE, Safari, Mail, iChat, Word, Excel, Shake…and more…32GB is too much. As stated, FCP only uses 4GB.
I have never had more than 8GB of RAM, and I run 4 apps at once, including FCP and AE, and I have edited DVCPRO HD for years. From G4’s to MacPros.
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That being said, I buy all my ram from OWC. Never had a problem and they are a great company.
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Shane, I agree with this except for AE; as Dave L. mentions in the post below. You’re not pushing AE very hard if 8 GB of RAM isn’t maxed out with AE, FCP, and others all running. I downgraded from 20 GB to 16 GB, and my AE project this summer was really hurting. I’d often be running 2 separate instances of AE for rendering via a script, in addition to a third instance for working (with multi-core enabled). That’s on an octacore. For heavy AE projects, 2 GB per core is really the minimum for stable performance – and that’s running a single instance of AE only – no FCP, Shake, VMWare Fusion, etc.
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