MORE RAM OR FAST RAM in VIDEO PRODUCTIVITY???

Iver Hicarte

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So I do a lot of video editing since i started a youtube channel, so the question is... do i need more ram or fast ram for video productivity?? the programs i use for video editing are the following: cinema 4d r13, sony vegas pro 13, handbrake encoder, photoshop cs6, adobe after effects cs6 and adobe premiere pro cc. So what are your recommendations???
I was thinking of getting the corsair vengeance lpx 3466 mhz ddr4 ram kit at 32gb quad channel but i think it's a little bit overkill and also it's expensive on the other hand i wanted to get the kingston hyper x ddr4 ram kit at 32gb quad channel which was at 2666mhz which is a good speed for normal consumers.. so which of these 2 ram kits will also be enough for video editing??? I have the budget to buy both cards but i'm thinking to save extra money too.
corsair ram: http://www.corsair.com/en/vengeance-lpx-32gb-4x8gb-ddr4-dram-3466mhz-c16-memory-kit-black-cmk32gx4m4b3466c16
kingston hyper x ram: http://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/HX426C15FBK4_32.pdf

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
 
here is the thing about ram its like car suspension the bigger the load the more you need.
to tell how much ram you need load up the program you like to use most. load a video then look at how much you are using most small jobs only need 8GB nice to have 16GB. 32GB is most likely over kill the speed of ram is nice to have but you will only see small bumps in encoding times.
I like the 16GB ram at 3000mz ddr4 not to pricey and fast
 
It seems above "3GHz" you won't get any noticable improvement, below 2.4GHz you get hurt on performance... price wise 2.66-3GHz seems to get best bandwidth per dollar... your sweet spot should be about 2.66GHz, but for future proofing, you might want to get a level or two higher, but that is only if your answer for question "Have you upgraded your cpu on same motherboard during last years" is "yes".

Edit:
As for capacity:
8GB -> you'll be quite limited, not suitable for multiple software running
16GB -> you'll be good with whatever you do, the cases where you hit the latch will be pretty rare, but CAN happen, esp. if you run multiple editing software at once, assuming you do 2160p frames tops
32GB -> good safe spot, you won't hit any RAM limitations here
64GB -> overkill unless you run multiple VMs, multiple users at once etc. (and even then 32GB should be comfortable)
 
What CPU? That's the determining factor for what you can run - if it can handle the faster, I'd go the faster. Over all it's more and faster, my son started his rig with 32GB of 1600 and moved up to 1866 and then to 2400 and see nice changes each move up on the video editing he was doing