I'm going to upgrade my late 2013 iMac to a new iMac (unless Apple announce new models in the next month or two).
Other than web browsing/playing music/movies, my main use is for Photoshop work. I work on large multilayered files occasionally up to 3 or even 4GB. All files are stored on external 4TB hard drives.
The Fusion drive on my current iMac broke just after the warranty expired, so since then I have booted from an external 512GB SSD which seems pretty fast.
I'm basically trying to understand the relative importance of CPU vs GPU vs RAM
1. Would the 3.8GHz processor be noticeably faster for Photoshop work or would the base model 3.4 GHz be fine?
2. Would adding more RAM (to 16GB or 32GB) make a bigger difference for Photoshop than a faster processor or better GPU?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Other than web browsing/playing music/movies, my main use is for Photoshop work. I work on large multilayered files occasionally up to 3 or even 4GB. All files are stored on external 4TB hard drives.
The Fusion drive on my current iMac broke just after the warranty expired, so since then I have booted from an external 512GB SSD which seems pretty fast.
I'm basically trying to understand the relative importance of CPU vs GPU vs RAM
1. Would the 3.8GHz processor be noticeably faster for Photoshop work or would the base model 3.4 GHz be fine?
2. Would adding more RAM (to 16GB or 32GB) make a bigger difference for Photoshop than a faster processor or better GPU?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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