Before I build an entirely new computer, I'm looking into ways to speed up PI on my current PC. It's an OC'd i7-4770K running at 4.3 GHz with separate SSD's for OS, images and swap files. I currently bench mark at ~6,100, but I'm looking for more speed. I currently have 16GB of RAM and wonder if buying 32GB will really matter.
I routinely process 200-400 x 32MB files at a time but rarely see PI use more than ~10GB or of of my available RAM, so it's not clear to me that having 32GB will make much difference. Has anyone bench marked before and after adding more, or faster, RAM or have any real evidence that more than 16GB is useful? If I go to 32GB would a 16GM RAM disk make a noticeable difference?
Larry
