SSD or RAM - best upgrade for streaming Kontakt libraries
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- KVRist
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- 424 posts since 28 Dec, 2017
I had some issues with stuttering audio in my DAW recently. I fixed the main problem today by disabling powersaving on CPU and it runs fine now. But this made me think about possible upgrades in performance as well. I have my Kontakt libraries on standard IDE drives now and my PC have 16 GB of RAM. What would improove the DAW performance most. Adding 16 GB more ram or getting a SSD drive for the samples? Possibly even getting one of the new M.2-drives (is it possible to get practical use for that 3000mb read speeds?)?
Last edited by GearNostalgia on Fri Dec 07, 2018 9:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
What is your current RAM usage?
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Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 424 posts since 28 Dec, 2017
Not quite sure, what is the best way to check it. Controlpanel?
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 424 posts since 28 Dec, 2017
But I do know that it takes like half a minute to load some sample libraries.
I did a quick check with task manager now and it says around 12 of the 16 GBs are used in a song I loaded.
I did a quick check with task manager now and it says around 12 of the 16 GBs are used in a song I loaded.
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- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
One won't replace the other. The performance difference is huge with an SSD; running out of RAM is a real thing using samples libraries.
I got through 2017 on reduced circumstances with 8GB but it was a drag and made working more time consuming, being a samples-reliant composer.
I got through 2017 on reduced circumstances with 8GB but it was a drag and made working more time consuming, being a samples-reliant composer.
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- KVRist
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- 424 posts since 28 Dec, 2017
Do you have any experience with the SATA versus the m.2 SSDs?jancivil wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:16 pm One won't replace the other. The performance difference is huge with an SSD; running out of RAM is a real thing using samples libraries.
I got through 2017 on reduced circumstances with 8GB but it was a drag and made working more time consuming, being a samples-reliant composer.
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- KVRAF
- 2275 posts since 4 Dec, 2011 from Brasília, Brazil
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- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
m.2 is a form factor, it can be SATA or PCIe; or storage or non-storage for that matter.GearNostalgia wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:39 pmDo you have any experience with the SATA versus the m.2 SSDs?jancivil wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:16 pm One won't replace the other. The performance difference is huge with an SSD; running out of RAM is a real thing using samples libraries.
I got through 2017 on reduced circumstances with 8GB but it was a drag and made working more time consuming, being a samples-reliant composer.
If your connection is to SATA2, that's going to limit the drive's speed. If you're going to get down to that level I would recommend newer tech I suppose.
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- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
As to RAM, while I only mentioned running out of it, I would easily say that for a lot of what we do on computers, having more RAM can make your life easier before you get into streaming samples etc which may require more.
