64gb or 32gb ddr5 for Lightroom and Photoshop

Arthaei · 25 Apr 2023 at 08:23

Hi guys about to go for a 13900k build and then wondered which to go for.

Probably either going Kingston Fury Beast 6000mhz ddr5 32gb or 64gb @ 5600.

I will be doing Lightroom work with 24mp raw files and occasional Photoshop and rest of the time 3440x1440p gaming.

Many thanks,

Jules

mickyflinn · 25 Apr 2023 at 10:54

64gb is what I would get if lightroom is your primary use, you may not use it all but it will be available for other tasks.

Arthaei · 25 Apr 2023 at 17:35

mickyflinn said:
64gb is what I would get if lightroom is your primary use, you may not use it all but it will be available for other tasks.

Thanks Micky, pc will be 50/50 for Lightroom and gaming really. So hard to tell if the extra g’s are going to help more than the loss on ram speed. My gut feeling is it’s probably a bit of a moot point?

Tetras · 25 Apr 2023 at 17:43

Arthaei said:
My gut feeling is it’s probably a bit of a moot point?

If you're thinking of the £200 64GB 5600 C40 kit, it would perform fine. You won't notice the difference with 6000 outside of benchmarks or competitive low setting 720p/1080p.

lsg1r · 25 Apr 2023 at 20:30

64GB all day long.

Honestly I wouldn't buy a gaming desktop with less than 32GB these days, if it's aimed at more 'professional' use like lightroom/photoshop/3D I'd be aiming at 64GB minimum.. plus desktop ram is fairly cheap at the moment. In fact I'm looking to upgrade my laptop from 16 to 64GB, I just wish ddr5 sodimms were a little cheaper lol

Arthaei · 25 Apr 2023 at 22:17

Nice one guys, I'll aim for the 64gb. My feeling was there's nothing really in it for the ram speed anyway as 13900k doesn't really benefit much over 5600 from my understanding. Cheers!

FredFlint · 26 Apr 2023 at 14:38

They do 48GB and 96GB kits now.

JollyJamma · 26 Apr 2023 at 16:41

Arthaei said:
Thanks Micky, pc will be 50/50 for Lightroom and gaming really. So hard to tell if the extra g’s are going to help more than the loss on ram speed. My gut feeling is it’s probably a bit of a moot point?

You could add an Intel Optane drive as a caching drive if you wanted to go 32gigs but I agree with the others that you should go for 64gigs

Arthaei · 27 Apr 2023 at 17:13

Thanks guys, I'm a bit confused which Fury Beast ram I need - there's 5600mhz 2x 32gb kit and 6000mhz 2x 32gb kit Kingston manufacture.. Both seem to have the same latency timings (40-40-40). I'll be putting them in the msi mag z790 tomahawk wifi (lga 1700) ddr5 atx motherboard. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...l-channel-kit-kf556c40bbak2-64-my-29v-ks.html

Tetras · 27 Apr 2023 at 17:17

Arthaei said:
Thanks guys, I'm a bit confused which Fury Beast ram I need - there's 5600mhz 2x 32gb kit and 6000mhz 2x 32gb kit Kingston manufacture.. Both seem to have the same latency timings (40-40-40). I'll be putting them in the msi mag z790 tomahawk wifi (lga 1700) ddr5 atx motherboard. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...l-channel-kit-kf556c40bbak2-64-my-29v-ks.html

I'd copy the model codes and stick them in the QVL of the motherboard, if you get a hit I'd probably buy that one (unless it is much more expensive).

Edit: I think I got a hit with KF556C40BBK2-64

JollyJamma · 27 Apr 2023 at 17:22

Always go with the QVL of your motherboard, especially with higher capacities.

64gigs is a lot for a motherboard to handle with speeds over 5600.

Arthaei · 27 Apr 2023 at 21:27

Thank you both. For the qvl is it just whatever Google throws up/manufacturer site or a particular resource you recommend?

Many thanks

JollyJamma · 27 Apr 2023 at 21:35

Arthaei said:
Thank you both. For the qvl is it just whatever Google throws up/manufacturer site or a particular resource you recommend?

Many thanks

The QVL list is on the motherboards support webpage. You’ll need to go download it.

IGBT · 16 Jun 2023 at 01:59

JollyJamma said:
You could add an Intel Optane drive as a caching drive if you wanted to go 32gigs but I agree with the others that you should go for 64gigs

Can I ask you how would you setup the Optane with lightroom and photoshop? Would one see great benefits? Tia

JollyJamma · 16 Jun 2023 at 07:47

IGBT said:
Can I ask you how would you setup the Optane with lightroom and photoshop? Would one see great benefits? Tia

As fair as I know, you just install the drive and follow this guide and it makes the OS treat the drive as additional memory.

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/memory-and-storage/optane-memory/intel-optane-memory-quick-start.pdf

Not sure if you can use Optane in the same way for AMD but there is support for Optane for some AMD devices.