How much memory should i go for - Workstations

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Creampuff

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Hi guys,

I'm planning on purchasing a workstation soon, but i need advice from experts on how many memory/ram should i be looking at. I will be buying from OEM such as DELL or HP, according to their workstation series there are models which can be upgraded to 16 GB, 24GB,72GB, 192GB.

Running on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit OS
Nvidia Quadro 2000

Programs that i will be using consist of: DS Solidworks, Autocad, Autodesk 3Ds Max, Inventor, Adobe Creative Suite, perhaps Bunkspeed or other rendering programs not to forget MS Office + +

As this is the first time i will be buying a workstation i need feedback or advice from people who's doing the same task and perhaps running programs of such.
I'm looking to optimize the performance of my workflow, in reality do i need 70GB ++ of rams ? The task i will be doing is designing Products, interior space, 3D modeling, Rendering + +

Please advice me,
Thank you very much for your help! :D:)
 
No, 70GB is not required. 8-16GB would be enough. However, what sort of scale will the models be on? Are we talking single rooms, rendering relatively small items, or is it possible you will have fully rendered 3D models of entire buildings, with several applications open at once?

If the latter, you will have times with 16GB of memory where you are running short and performance is impacted. At that point 24+GB is what you would be looking for, but even so 70+GB would still be overkill
 
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