Spec Me - Editing workstation pc as alternative to a iMac.

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The guys at my work place are Apple lovers. I'm pretty sure that a custom built PC, bought for the same price as the new 27" iMacs, could beat said iMac performance wise. Could anyone who's more Mac savvy and is familiar with their performance be able to suggest a pc build that could beat the new 5K iMacs. The build would need everything incl. monitor, peripherals and OS.


Thanks in advance guys :)


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Apple site says base price of £1850. Balls the the walls specced out takes it up to £3290 but that has 1TB SSD which i don't think is necessary. With just a 2TB HDD it's £2730. Are those good numbers you can work with?
 
Well the PC in your sig will beat it for out right performance, a huge cost is the 5k screen.

All told, the iMac isn't that bad value imo. The screen, form factor and performance are all fantastic and there is nothing on the market you can compare it too so its difficult to argue the price.
 
We're moving from FCPX to PP soon. We're also doing a lot more animation work these days as we get more comfortable with AE so we're using After Effects too.
 
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