Best Amount Of RAM For Web / Media Designer?

Hello Everyone,
First post and jumping right in.
I'm moving to a MAC permanently and this will be my first purchase (iMac 27" Quad Core). Can anyone tell me the most suitable RAM upgrade I'll be needing? My budget really doesn't allow for the 16Gig right now unless it's really needed.
I do run mostly the Adobe CS line sometimes 3-5 programs at once (Photoshop - Dreamweaver - and most memory hogging-ly Premiere). Soon I will be getting into Final Cut Pro.
Needless to say aside from a myriad of other issues performance and lag-time is why I'm jumping ship from PC.
Does everyone think I'll be pretty satisfied going with 8Gig of RAM to start or given the above info am I wasting time not going straight for the 16Gig?
I've spoken with a few designers and they've told me while the Mac Pro is incredible - it's overkill for what I need storage and ...well...everything else wise and the common saying has been - get the iMac and upgrade the ram.
So I humbly ask you experts. To summarize my wordiness above
8 or 16? What are your thoughts as well as any other great add ons that could be of use to a designer with a large check from a recent project burning a hole right through his pocket?!
=)

I would recommend adding 2 x 4 GB for a total of 12 GB; you can then see if that will be enough. Please note: there have been posts here regarding problems of the new iMacs when adding third party RAM for a total of 16 GB; there have been no problems reported if the 16 GB is OEM RAM (such as Samsung or Hynix, which is what Apple has been using). So, if you intend to keep the original 2 x 2 GB, then I'd suggest adding 8 GB.
That is what I did; I do a fair amount of video editing and the iMac is doing just fine with 12 GB. Also, iMacs are quite finicky about their RAM - do not buy any brand "value" RAM - stick with quality RAM from reputable vendors with lifetime warranties, such as OWC (macsales.com) or Crucial (or Samsung which will be more expensive).

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