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Which 2019 27" iMac for me?

https://www.very.co.uk/apple-imacnb...onal-ms-office-365-home-silver/1600264359.prd

This one get £150 off if bought by the 27th




QUOTE="Benz63amg, post: 27489718, member: 504000"]Go with a 2TB Fusion drive instead of the 1Tb Fusion drive because the 2TB FD has a built in 128Gb SSD while the 1Tb FD has a 32Gb SSD which is very limited to say the least for MacOS to propery manage the storage file system for optimal performance and perform as intended. The 2TB FD Offers a substantially better overall performance for the reasons stated above

I suggest you go with the top tier 27 inch model (2299$) and not the base 27 inch model with the 1TB FD because you get a superior gpu and a newer gen cpu for not much more money with the top tier configuration that makes it well worth the slightly higher cost.

As far as RAM goes, upgrade it yourself once you get the computer. I ordered 2 x 16GB sticks from OWC for a total of 40GB ram.[/QUOTE]
 
Definitely upgrade the RAM yourself, 2 minute job and 16GB is about £75 direct from Crucial.

I opted for the 512GB SSD because I cannot live with slow mechanical drives these days. Fast disk access is one of the big improvements to PCs in recent years.
 
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Ordered my base 27” iMac today, along with an X5 from Amazon. Both should be here on Friday.
Will order some RAM as well, but not sure to get 32gb or 16gb to bump it to 40gb or 24gb. I’m thinking 24gb is enough for my needs.
 
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Nik73 said:
Ordered my base 27” iMac today, along with an X5 from Amazon. Both should be here on Friday.
Will order some RAM as well, but not sure to get 32gb or 16gb to bump it to 40gb or 24gb. I’m thinking 24gb is enough for my needs.
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The x5 is it an internal ssd that requires an enclosure or just a normal external ssd?. Don’t know anything about them yet?.
 
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iMac and x5 came today. I’m still impressed with how easy it is to get up and running with any Apple product. In less than an hour I had OS X installed on the x5, everything updated and all my files copied across. The longest wait was downloading Mojave!!
Very impressed with speed of the x5, all apps load instantly with less than one bounce of the icon. Very happy with my decision, thanks everyone for the opinions.
 
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Nik73 said:
Hello all,

Sorry for another one of these kind of threads. I've been thinking of upgrading my 2011 27" iMac for a while now and some stores in the UK have some good deals on the 2019 models at the minute, one where you can get around £330 off any of the 27" models. Not interested in the 21.5" models due to screen real estate.
Of course, buying from resellers means no customization options, so I'm after some advice please.

I've always bought the top of the range model of any Mac, mainly for the longevity and because I liked to do a bit of gaming now and again. However, I've got a dedicated gaming PC for that side of things now and would only be using the iMac for general home use (browsing, email, few photos/videos, etc) as well as some music recording/mixing. Even then, that would only be Garage Band and my Axe Fx 3, certainly nothing professional. I do quite a lot of switching between apps like Garage Band, Axe Edit, etc.
My biggest storage requirement is for music and recordings, but that's still only around 250GB I would say. I'm not big on photos/videos, so no big storage needed there and like I say, no games.

With the offers, I can get the three 27" 2019 models for £1419, £1650 and £1920. I think the base model would do me in terms of performance, but my biggest concern is the 1Tb Fusion drive and it's teeny SSD section. I think the 1Tb would probably be enough in terms of space.
So I either pay the extra £500 to get the top model (with the 2Tb Fusion drive) or get an external SSD (£100 for 500GB). It doesn't bother me having an external drive, and I'm thinking that's probably the way to go, but would appreciate everyones thoughts/opinions.

A few other random thoughts
- Is there much difference in terms of longevity between the three models?
- Are there any disadvantages with external SSDs apart from the speed?
- For my needs, do I need any more than the 570x as a GPU?
- Any savings would be good to go towards a new set of studio monitors.

Thanks very much in advance for any help.
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Don't get the fusion drive - get the i9, 8gb RAM, 512 or 1tb SSD and the Vega graphics board. Then add 32gb of crucial, Kingston or Samsung RAM. That machine will last you for years, it's fantastically fast and quiet. Stay away from fusion drives - they're slow and kill the great experience of the 2019 models
 
Nik73 said:
iMac and x5 came today. I’m still impressed with how easy it is to get up and running with any Apple product. In less than an hour I had OS X installed on the x5, everything updated and all my files copied across. The longest wait was downloading Mojave!!
Very impressed with speed of the x5, all apps load instantly with less than one bounce of the icon. Very happy with my decision, thanks everyone for the opinions.
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I'm not being funny, but I've already bought it! :confused:

Nik73 said:
I've been thinking of upgrading my 2011 27" iMac for a while now and some stores in the UK have some good deals on the 2019 models at the minute, one where you can get around £330 off any of the 27" models. Not interested in the 21.5" models due to screen real estate.
Of course, buying from resellers means no customization options, so I'm after some advice please.
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Still not being funny, but see the bold part. :rolleyes:
 
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