Hello,
How are you? So, I am currently shopping around for a new machine mainly for photo-editing and some video I have been shooting with the V1. Video is not the main purpose of the machine though. Stills are. I will be using Lightroom 5 and photoshop the most, together with Nik software plugins. I will also do some very light productivity like word documents and spreadsheets. I will also be using the machine to store my media library, mainly music.
First I was deciding between the whole laptop vs desktop issue...
I liked a laptop, but it will always be a compromise and price/performance ratio will always be worth than a desktop machine. I already have an iPad 4 and I will probably keep my 13 macbook, so I guess I will forget the retina MBP and focus on a desktop machine.
Since I have been using OSX for 6 years now, I would like to continue using it. It is not a must, but I like the simplicity and the just works approach. Two weeks ago I got a new laptop from work, a Samsung series 5 and on the second day I had a double accents problem...
Moving on, since I don't have an unlimited budget, because I would also like to buy the Sigma 35mm and my current cameras are the D200, D700 and V1, so not many megapixels, I was thinking about a 21.5 inch iMac.
I saw a nice base model 2.7 i5, 8gb, 1tb hdd and GT640, refurb for 900. That is an excellent price, but I am not sure about the performance of the machine.
When I was looking online, I then went to explore the hackintosh route. I spec'd the following:
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 - 80
PSU: LC Power Giant Series 650W - 45
Mainboard: Gygabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H - 165
CPU: Core i5 3570K - 178
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb DDR3 1600 - 100
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB - 70
GPU: Gygabyte GTX 650 TI 1GB GDDR5 - 102
Display: Dell U2412M - 210
The total comes to 950, just 50 more than the base iMac 21.5.
If I would like, I could upgrade the CPU to a core i7 3770K and add a Sandisk extreme 240gb SSD for system drive and the total would come to 1180.
I have read that hackintosh install with the current multibeast methods and al the tools is now more straight-forward than ever and I could add more hard-drives and ram in the future and a second U2412 and have a pretty sick machine. But would the potential hassles be worth it?
What is your take on my options and your recommendations?
Please help me out here. Thank you.
Cheers!
How are you? So, I am currently shopping around for a new machine mainly for photo-editing and some video I have been shooting with the V1. Video is not the main purpose of the machine though. Stills are. I will be using Lightroom 5 and photoshop the most, together with Nik software plugins. I will also do some very light productivity like word documents and spreadsheets. I will also be using the machine to store my media library, mainly music.
First I was deciding between the whole laptop vs desktop issue...
I liked a laptop, but it will always be a compromise and price/performance ratio will always be worth than a desktop machine. I already have an iPad 4 and I will probably keep my 13 macbook, so I guess I will forget the retina MBP and focus on a desktop machine.
Since I have been using OSX for 6 years now, I would like to continue using it. It is not a must, but I like the simplicity and the just works approach. Two weeks ago I got a new laptop from work, a Samsung series 5 and on the second day I had a double accents problem...
Moving on, since I don't have an unlimited budget, because I would also like to buy the Sigma 35mm and my current cameras are the D200, D700 and V1, so not many megapixels, I was thinking about a 21.5 inch iMac.
I saw a nice base model 2.7 i5, 8gb, 1tb hdd and GT640, refurb for 900. That is an excellent price, but I am not sure about the performance of the machine.
When I was looking online, I then went to explore the hackintosh route. I spec'd the following:
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 - 80
PSU: LC Power Giant Series 650W - 45
Mainboard: Gygabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H - 165
CPU: Core i5 3570K - 178
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb DDR3 1600 - 100
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB - 70
GPU: Gygabyte GTX 650 TI 1GB GDDR5 - 102
Display: Dell U2412M - 210
The total comes to 950, just 50 more than the base iMac 21.5.
If I would like, I could upgrade the CPU to a core i7 3770K and add a Sandisk extreme 240gb SSD for system drive and the total would come to 1180.
I have read that hackintosh install with the current multibeast methods and al the tools is now more straight-forward than ever and I could add more hard-drives and ram in the future and a second U2412 and have a pretty sick machine. But would the potential hassles be worth it?
What is your take on my options and your recommendations?
Please help me out here. Thank you.
Cheers!