5 Things to Know About Using 64GB RAM for a RAM Disk

64GB is enough for a RAM disk You can see real performance benefits with 64GB total RAM, as long as you leave enough for your operating system and applications.

Don’t allocate all your RAM to the disk If you take too much, Photoshop will have less room to work and may actually run slower despite the fast scratch disk.

Allocate 16–24GB for the RAM disk This leaves 40–48GB for the system and Photoshop, which is more than enough for most workflows.

Photoshop uses scratch when RAM runs low A RAM disk turns scratch into lightning-fast memory, but only if you don’t starve Photoshop of its primary RAM.

Adjust only for massive files If you regularly edit 50-layer files, you can bump the allocation up, but 64GB total is already generous for typical use.