Hello Folks. Like many I've been reading this site daily waiting for the new iMac. I am coming from an 8 year old windows xp machine and a '10 MBP.
I am looking at a 27" imac primarily for Adobe CS6 software (premiere, PS, Indesign).
I have a canon t3i and have been shooting 1080p24 video all summer in hopes of having a machine that can edit this footage. Render times don't matter that much to me, I care much more about the machine feeling fast and responsive while working on projects.
I plan on a BTO 27" and DIY ram with the following three options:
i7
1tb Fusion
680mx
The problem is, that puts my cost too high by ~$200. So, for my usage, which of the 3 above options would you drop? (i7>i5, fusion>7200rpm, or 680mx>675mx)
I know the i5 vs i7 isssue has been beaten to death, but the problem is the constantly opposing advice. Some say GPU matters more than CPU, some say i7 only matters for video, some say i7 isn't much benefit for price compared to GPU.
Thank you much!
I am looking at a 27" imac primarily for Adobe CS6 software (premiere, PS, Indesign).
I have a canon t3i and have been shooting 1080p24 video all summer in hopes of having a machine that can edit this footage. Render times don't matter that much to me, I care much more about the machine feeling fast and responsive while working on projects.
I plan on a BTO 27" and DIY ram with the following three options:
i7
1tb Fusion
680mx
The problem is, that puts my cost too high by ~$200. So, for my usage, which of the 3 above options would you drop? (i7>i5, fusion>7200rpm, or 680mx>675mx)
I know the i5 vs i7 isssue has been beaten to death, but the problem is the constantly opposing advice. Some say GPU matters more than CPU, some say i7 only matters for video, some say i7 isn't much benefit for price compared to GPU.
Thank you much!