Second hand iMac (2013?) for 4K video editing

[steveOooo]

currently use a 2010 Mac Pro with 6 cores and amd r9 380 4gb for fcpx 10.2.2 video editing - edits raw 4K from a gh4 (100Mbps) fine most of the time with out transcoding.

May use this in a office so looking for something to use at home for 4K video editing and seeing as I'll need a monitor and the 2010s are so old and rare on eBay I thought of getting a iMac

Would a top of the range late 2013 with 4gb video memory (GeForce GTX 780M) edit 4K video in fcpx 10.2 ok? Not bothered about the lack of a 5k screen especially if it's £1.5k cheaper!

 

[Lunder89]

The graphics card can according to nVidias website handle 4k playback, but for editing, if I remember right, you depend more on the processor.

So if the iMac has an i7 there is a good chance it can do some 4k video editing.

 

[Malus120]

currently use a 2010 Mac Pro with 6 cores and amd r9 380 4gb for fcpx 10.2.2 video editing - edits raw 4K from a gh4 (100Mbps) fine most of the time with out transcoding.

May use this in a office so looking for something to use at home for 4K video editing and seeing as I'll need a monitor and the 2010s are so old and rare on eBay I thought of getting a iMac

Would a top of the range late 2013 with 4gb video memory (GeForce GTX 780M) edit 4K video in fcpx 10.2 ok? Not bothered about the lack of a 5k screen especially if it's £1.5k cheaper!

Not sure exactly what you're doing with FCPX but you should be aware that for graphics accelerated workloads AMD graphics cards tend to be a good deal faster. While the 780M is a great card (for an iMac) for its time, and still holds up well today, I'm not sure how well it would hold up vs a desktop R9 380 in FXPX. I would recommend you evaluate your use case and look up relevant benchmarks to make sure the iMac will meet your needs before purchasing.

 

[steveOooo]

Within fcpx I am editing footage from a 4K DSLR - this shoots uhd at 100mbps h.264.

Edits are fairly simple - web videos of a presenter talking to camera or events. Sometimes I transcode if adding a lot of effects but generally my Mac Pro 5,1 with amd r9 380 handles everything really well and it's great saving transcode time.