Help me choose a Mac mini for video editing

[Worlrl]

Hi.
I’m a videographer and also edit videos sometimes.
I use Davinchi resolve studio and Most of my work is 1080p short instagram reels.
More intensive use cases is adding fusion effects and titles, color grading, 4k h.265 footage.
What would be a good Mac mini for me?
M2 or m2 pro? 19corw gpu or 16?
16-24-32 gb ram?
And also is the 512gb ssd still slower than 1tb?

Thanks guys

 

[InuNacho]

I also use DaVinci Resolve for LONG 1080p tape conversions and it works fine with my base M2 Mini. I went with the base model as this is a secondary computer to my main PC. If you already have a main machine I would consider the base or at least 16GB M2 Mini. I opted for external SSDs as they are 10x cheaper than Apple's built in SSD.

I run DaVinci and OBS at the same time, no issues at all.

My set up is in the link below.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/post-your-mac-mini-setups.2157018/post-31979973

 

[gazwas]

Do you have a budget?

All M1 and M2 machine will edit that spec of footage in a breeze, even the base spec machine.

Anything from the base machine will be a luxury. Do you have existing external storage, do you need more ports for peripherals?

I would say M2 with 16GB is a good place to be for video editing just incase you get more adventurous with effects. Choice of storage is up to you and how you edit/store footage.

 

[Worlrl]

I also use DaVinci Resolve for LONG 1080p tape conversions and it works fine with my base M2 Mini. I went with the base model as this is a secondary computer to my main PC. If you already have a main machine I would consider the base or at least 16GB M2 Mini. I opted for external SSDs as they are 10x cheaper than Apple's built in SSD.

I run DaVinci and OBS at the same time, no issues at all.

My set up is in the link below.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/post-your-mac-mini-setups.2157018/post-31979973

Thank you!
Have you ever tested it with 4k 10bit footage?
You use fusion effects?

 

[Worlrl]

Do you have a budget?

All M1 and M2 machine will edit that spec of footage in a breeze, even the base spec machine.

Anything from the base machine will be a luxury. Do you have existing external storage, do you need more ports for peripherals?

I would say M2 with 16GB is a good place to be for video editing just incase you get more adventurous with effects. Choice of storage is up to you and how you edit/store footage.

My budget is a base m2 pro or upgraded m2.
Main concern is how slow the 512gb storage against the 1tb ssd.
And also the 16gb ram or maybe I need the 24.

 

[mcnallym]

My budget is a base m2 pro or upgraded m2.
Main concern is how slow the 512gb storage against the 1tb ssd.
And also the 16gb ram or maybe I need the 24.

If a 3000Mbps SSD is too slow for you then is an M2 Pro system going to be fast enough for you. Better start saving up and get the Studio where will get 5500Mbps instead on the 512Gb Storage.

Shows how silly has become when people refer too 3000Mbps SSD as SLOW.

 

[foo2]

If a 3000Mbps SSD is too slow for you then is an M2 Pro system going to be fast enough for you. Better start saving up and get the Studio where will get 5500Mbps instead on the 512Gb Storage.

Shows how silly has become when people refer too 3000Mbps SSD as SLOW.

Bingo. It’s absurd. There’s no practical difference unless your job is 8x5 to copy large files from Mac SSD to external TB4 SSD all day long.

 

[InuNacho]

Thank you!
Have you ever tested it with 4k 10bit footage?
You use fusion effects?

Sorry, I've only done 1080p. Yes I use fusion effects for the whole video for simple things like adjusting brightness, contrast, minor saturation etc.

 

[Yebubbleman]

You're probably fine with a standard M2 with 16GB or 24GB of RAM and however much storage (so long as it's at least 512GB) you think you'll need (though, I always advise others to get at least one size larger than you think you'll need). It's not that either M2 Pro won't also kick serious ass. Just that it's seldom necessary for most workloads and that an M2 with beefier RAM ought to do wonders on its own.