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

Zinnkio · 27 Nov 2015 at 10:45

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

Zinnkio

Zinnkio · 27 Nov 2015 at 10:55

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?

Cyanide · 27 Nov 2015 at 12:34

What are you editing and is it for professional work? That'll make a big difference in the spec.

Biz.Kid09 · 27 Nov 2015 at 12:45

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.

bigredmachine · 27 Nov 2015 at 12:48

Do you edit with Prem Pro or FCPX?

Cyanide · 27 Nov 2015 at 12:58

For a quick overview - one of my mates was boasting about his £2200 Mac the other week when he benchmarked it. I did the same test with my aging 4790k system -

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/4251343?baseline=4261102

Zinnkio · 27 Nov 2015 at 13:03

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.