Refurbished iMac 27" OR New iMac 21.5"

[ImKay]

I will be using the iMac to game, record gaming for YouTube, Photoshop for my art GCSE, Cinema 4d for making intros and various animations, Sony Vegas via Boot-camp or parallels.

Games I may play :
COD 4
COD 5
Amnesia
Minecraft (the game I Record)

So here are my options :

27"
Originally released July 2010
27-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
4GB memory
1TB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics with 1GB memory
Built-in iSight camera

@ The cost of £1,289.00 😱

OR

21.5"
2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512MB GDDR5
Apple Magic Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard (British) & User's Guide (English)

@ The cost of £1,568.99 😕


Once I pick the hard bit is trying to get my mum to purchase one before my birthday (27" If chosen) to avoid them running out of stock 😱

Also what is the quality on refurb items ? 😎

EDIT THE 27" iMac has 2.93GHz Intel Quad-Core i7

 

[JasonR]

I'd go with the 27" personally. Apple's refurb items are EXCELLENT quality. Pretty much same as new...

 

[Rosh]

why don't you get the new 27inch 2.7 i5 imac. it's £1400. The difference between the 2.7 and 2.8 is minimal.

edit:

also, upgrading the ram from apple is more expensive than buying from third party companies.
BUT if you do buy from apple, the imac 27, 2.7 with 8GB RAM will be, £1,558.99

 

[ImKay]

Yeah, Thanks for the replys 🙂but i have to consider the higher the price the harder for me to obtain!🙁

 

[CatOhCat]

I just saw a refurbished imac 27" i7 2.94GHz, and I bought that set immediately. It's benchmark is only slightly behind the new 2011 i7 3.4GHz. And I saved like $1200 compared to a new one. 😀