I started with 24 GB Ram, but by mistake ordered more and now have 32. I can see no difference.
I've just incorporated the 680MX GPU into PP and After Effects so that it uses CUDA, I've not done any editing to check if it's any faster than the Mercury playback engine but I'm told it is.
This is the link: http://www.vidmuze.com/how-to-enable-gpu-cuda-in-adobe-cs6-for-mac/