iMac 21.5 or 27?

[yeah]

I need help from the public. Should I get a 21.5 inch iMac or a 27 inch?
My main usage is medium-heavy gaming, lots of internet, and some photo editing.

What do you guys/girls think?

 

[mikelegacy]

27". It's unbeatable for the price difference. Also get some 3rd party ram from 100 dollars after and you have one hell of a system.

 

[yeah]

27". It's unbeatable for the price difference. Also get some 3rd party ram from 100 dollars after and you have one hell of a system.

Cool

 

[mikelegacy]

Even the 2.7ghz that comes with the base 27" iMac is insane. It's dual core and can overclock speeds of up to 4.2ghz. Nuts. If youre worried you can always upgrade to the 3.1ghz or the 3.4ghz tho.

 

[obsidian1200]

I need help from the public. Should I get a 21.5 inch iMac or a 27 inch?
My main usage is medium-heavy gaming, lots of internet, and some photo editing.

What do you guys/girls think?

For the gaming aspect, I'd recommend the higher end 27" because of the video card. I don't think you need to upgrade the processor to an i7, simply because I don't know of any games that could take advantage of the hyperthreading capabilities... but, in the grand scheme of things, the upgrade isn't an expensive one.

I'd also recommend staying away from Apple RAM, as it is, without a doubt, extremely overpriced. The RAM upgrade on the iMac is dead simple, so there's no reason to not just do it yourself.

 

[obsidian1200]

Even the 2.7ghz that comes with the base 27" iMac is insane. It's dual core and can overclock speeds of up to 4.2ghz. Nuts. If youre worried you can always upgrade to the 3.1ghz or the 3.4ghz tho.

I think you mean quad core

 

[yeah]

Thanks guys. Really helps alot.

 

[mikelegacy]

I think you mean quad core

Youre right. I knew that i promise haha