Which would you buy? Mac Studio 4K video editing: 32GB Ram 2TB SSD vs 64GB RAM 1 TB SSD.

[Armang999]

Any video editors out there willing to shed some insight.

Use case will be 4K video editing on Final Cut Pro

For the exact same price, which would you purchase?

1. Mac Studio: M1 Max 24 core GPU, 32GB memory, 2 TB SSD

or

2. Mac Studio: M1 Max 24 core GPU, 64GB memory, 1 TB SSD

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

How long do you plan on keeping it? But my immediate thought is definitely to get the RAM upgrade.

 

[Armang999]

How long do you plan on keeping it? But my immediate thought is definitely to get the RAM upgrade.

Plan on keeping it at least 5-8 years

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

In that case definitely the RAM upgrade. You can always add more external storage, RAM is set from when you buy it.

 

[Armang999]

My thought was get the 1TB SSD and 64GB Ram, then down the line if more storage is needed I could get a thunderbolt 3 nvme enclosure plus wait for a sale to purchase an NVME SSD and use them through the USB C Thunderbolt port when extra storage is needed

 

[fstoprm]

4K can mean different things to different peeps i.e., Multicam, Muti-Tracks, Effects, Audio etc. I'm sure you know that, but probably the RAM. I bought the Base Model and it's a perfect machine for all of my 4K work -- no stress at, all fast as heck, and I saved some money. Samsung top end SSD's are a great value compared to Apple, so you get more storage for less money. Have fun!

 

[saintmac]

For a desktop I think it's a no brainer, you can easily add storage over thunderbolt, but you're stuck with your RAM.
That being said I'm yet to go over 20Gb of RAM usage on my 32Gb M1 Max MBP, but I have more of a dev and productivity workflow than a video editor one.