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Hello all!
My family is in the market for a new iMac for use with the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Premiere Pro.
The budget is preferably $2000 or less.
The original plan was to get a 21.5 inch late 2013 with the following specs:
3.1 GHz core i7 quad core (turbo to 3.9GHz)
16GB 1600Mhz RAM
Nvidia Geforce GT 750M 1GB VRAM
1TB 5400RPM Hard drive
total price (with usb superdrive): $1838
However, when looking at Premiere's System Requirements, Adobe calls for at least a 7200RPM hard drive. We cant really afford to purchase the flash storage.
So, We configured the next level up, a 27 inch late 2013 with the following specs:
3.2 GHz quad core i5 (turbo to 3.6 GHz)
16GB 1600MHz RAM
Nvidia Geforce GT 755M 1GB VRAM
1TB 7200RPM Hard drive
total price (with usb superdrive): $1958
So here is my question:
I like the idea of having a powerful core i7 in this machine. However, Adobe needs a 7200RPM drive in this machine, which you cant get until upgrading to the 27 inch. Flash storage is not really affordable. The 27 inch only has a core i5.
So I have to chose between an i7 and a 5400RPM hard drive, or a core i5 and 7200RPM hard drive.
Could somebody please explain the difference between the iMac core i5 and i7, and which iMac of the two listed would be a better video editing machine?
My family is in the market for a new iMac for use with the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Premiere Pro.
The budget is preferably $2000 or less.
The original plan was to get a 21.5 inch late 2013 with the following specs:
3.1 GHz core i7 quad core (turbo to 3.9GHz)
16GB 1600Mhz RAM
Nvidia Geforce GT 750M 1GB VRAM
1TB 5400RPM Hard drive
total price (with usb superdrive): $1838
However, when looking at Premiere's System Requirements, Adobe calls for at least a 7200RPM hard drive. We cant really afford to purchase the flash storage.
So, We configured the next level up, a 27 inch late 2013 with the following specs:
3.2 GHz quad core i5 (turbo to 3.6 GHz)
16GB 1600MHz RAM
Nvidia Geforce GT 755M 1GB VRAM
1TB 7200RPM Hard drive
total price (with usb superdrive): $1958
So here is my question:
I like the idea of having a powerful core i7 in this machine. However, Adobe needs a 7200RPM drive in this machine, which you cant get until upgrading to the 27 inch. Flash storage is not really affordable. The 27 inch only has a core i5.
So I have to chose between an i7 and a 5400RPM hard drive, or a core i5 and 7200RPM hard drive.
Could somebody please explain the difference between the iMac core i5 and i7, and which iMac of the two listed would be a better video editing machine?