I make short YouTube videos (2- 6 minutes) using Adobe CS in widescreen HD. Nothing complex. Just HD footage and a few graphics here and there.
However, it's time to upgrade my aging hardware. Note: I already own two decent Mac monitors.
I have about US$5K to spend. Would you buy:
1) The new Imac with retina 5K display and
4.0 GHz, 32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM, 1TB Flash Storage, AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB GDDR5,
for $4,399.00 and enjoy that lovely big 5K screen thrown in!
OR ...
2) Mac Pro
3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache
32GB (4x8GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC
1TB PCIe-based flash storage
Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
and stick with my existing monitors for now ...
for $5,199.00
I'm wondering what the difference in rendering performance would be between the two machines. (Currently rendering a 5 minute video takes my aging Macbook Pro about an hour so anything's going to be a step-up from that, I hope!)
I would deeply appreciate anybody chiming in with experience of or insights into rendering HD video on either machine or their respective capabilities.
Any suggestions for tweaking my tech specs also appreciated.
Should I save my money for a while longer and go for 8 or 12-cores?
What are the key components that affect rendering time?
Thanks in advance. Everest.
However, it's time to upgrade my aging hardware. Note: I already own two decent Mac monitors.
I have about US$5K to spend. Would you buy:
1) The new Imac with retina 5K display and
4.0 GHz, 32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM, 1TB Flash Storage, AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB GDDR5,
for $4,399.00 and enjoy that lovely big 5K screen thrown in!
OR ...
2) Mac Pro
3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache
32GB (4x8GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC
1TB PCIe-based flash storage
Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
and stick with my existing monitors for now ...
for $5,199.00
I'm wondering what the difference in rendering performance would be between the two machines. (Currently rendering a 5 minute video takes my aging Macbook Pro about an hour so anything's going to be a step-up from that, I hope!)
I would deeply appreciate anybody chiming in with experience of or insights into rendering HD video on either machine or their respective capabilities.
Any suggestions for tweaking my tech specs also appreciated.
Should I save my money for a while longer and go for 8 or 12-cores?
What are the key components that affect rendering time?
Thanks in advance. Everest.