Hi Everyone
I am hoping some of you experts can help me here.
I have a 2014 Imac 27 inch 3.4, 32 gigs ram, 1 TB SSD and whatever stock video card it came with. I use this for my home recording studio with Cubase and a bunch of software VSTi's, plugs etc. I also have multiple devices plugged in such as an old Apple 27 inc TB monitor, Multiple TB Hard drives, USB controllers for the console software, my audio interface etc. So its quite a setup and its been great. However its showing its age now with the current software upgrades and demands, as well as my foray into Final Cut for video.
Whew, sorry for the long winded intro. So onto my questions, I am not a mac expert, i just use it and its great and I love the OSX world.
ok
1) I am going with the 27 inch, 10 Core model, 1 TB SSD, 32 gigs RAM, and was thinking about the high end Video card with 16 Gigs etc.
- First Question - is the RAM user upgrade-able still? thru a little door? if so, I will get 8 and do it myself.
- Second Question - what brand and where would you get the ram, if its cheap enough I may get 64 gigs
2) I read that the apple monitor will not work with this new Imac
- third question - is that true?
- Fourth question - IF i cannot use the apple monitor, I do have a sonnet EGPU 570 puck that lights up 2 27 inch DELL Monitors that are very nice for my macbook desk not used for music. I could use that and get 3 monitors but my big question here is;
If i plug the eGPU into the new IMAC with the high end video card, do you have to select the eGPU to use for the resolution for the IMAC and 2 DELL's? or can the IMAC use the high end Video card internally and the eGPU power the 2 dells separately? meaning if i paid for the high end video card i want for video would using the Puck eGPU negate that.
- fifth question- if the above is true, what is a great 27 or 32 inch high end 4K min monitor that connects to the IMAC and how would you do it? TB? or other?
3)There are only 2 TB 4? ports on the IMAC. Right now i have an apollo MKII into a UA Octo TB into the old imac, these are TB 2 i think or 3, will they still daisy chain ok and what cable do i need from the old TB port to the new?
4) I also have a Pegasus R6 hard drive enclosure, again is it just a new cable for this? with the 2 different ends?
5) last but not least i have alot of USB older devices, powered hubs, midi controllers etc. will these work with the better and newer USB ports on the IMAC?
last but not least is there a better way to do all this? some kind of TB hub you would recommend that I can use to plug USB devices in and the 2 TB dell monitors?
thanks for all the help, sorry there are so many questions, its been a longggg time since i had to redo the whole studio and of course would like everything to work, but also maybe make it easier, and less cabling and a better setup
Thanks!
I am hoping some of you experts can help me here.
I have a 2014 Imac 27 inch 3.4, 32 gigs ram, 1 TB SSD and whatever stock video card it came with. I use this for my home recording studio with Cubase and a bunch of software VSTi's, plugs etc. I also have multiple devices plugged in such as an old Apple 27 inc TB monitor, Multiple TB Hard drives, USB controllers for the console software, my audio interface etc. So its quite a setup and its been great. However its showing its age now with the current software upgrades and demands, as well as my foray into Final Cut for video.
Whew, sorry for the long winded intro. So onto my questions, I am not a mac expert, i just use it and its great and I love the OSX world.
ok
1) I am going with the 27 inch, 10 Core model, 1 TB SSD, 32 gigs RAM, and was thinking about the high end Video card with 16 Gigs etc.
- First Question - is the RAM user upgrade-able still? thru a little door? if so, I will get 8 and do it myself.
- Second Question - what brand and where would you get the ram, if its cheap enough I may get 64 gigs
2) I read that the apple monitor will not work with this new Imac
- third question - is that true?
- Fourth question - IF i cannot use the apple monitor, I do have a sonnet EGPU 570 puck that lights up 2 27 inch DELL Monitors that are very nice for my macbook desk not used for music. I could use that and get 3 monitors but my big question here is;
If i plug the eGPU into the new IMAC with the high end video card, do you have to select the eGPU to use for the resolution for the IMAC and 2 DELL's? or can the IMAC use the high end Video card internally and the eGPU power the 2 dells separately? meaning if i paid for the high end video card i want for video would using the Puck eGPU negate that.
- fifth question- if the above is true, what is a great 27 or 32 inch high end 4K min monitor that connects to the IMAC and how would you do it? TB? or other?
3)There are only 2 TB 4? ports on the IMAC. Right now i have an apollo MKII into a UA Octo TB into the old imac, these are TB 2 i think or 3, will they still daisy chain ok and what cable do i need from the old TB port to the new?
4) I also have a Pegasus R6 hard drive enclosure, again is it just a new cable for this? with the 2 different ends?
5) last but not least i have alot of USB older devices, powered hubs, midi controllers etc. will these work with the better and newer USB ports on the IMAC?
last but not least is there a better way to do all this? some kind of TB hub you would recommend that I can use to plug USB devices in and the 2 TB dell monitors?
thanks for all the help, sorry there are so many questions, its been a longggg time since i had to redo the whole studio and of course would like everything to work, but also maybe make it easier, and less cabling and a better setup
Thanks!
