External Thunderbolt 2 Hard Drives (Mac)

[Oliver Daniel]

As some regular users may know, I'm going through a complete equipment overhaul through a business funding scheme. 

As we have an iMac 5k Full Spec machine on the list to replace my rather lethargic 2012 model, I'm looking for a high capacity Thunderbolt 2 array with RAID, something like the Lacie 5big series. Speed and backup is very important!!

I edit 4k and 1080p footage, a lot of color grading and sometimes a small bit of VFX! Mostly edit in proxy first, then master in full quality. FCPX and DaVinci. 

Some of you are respectfully more geeky than I am with tech performance, any there any recommendations, user experiences or anything else you could advise?

Much appreciated. 

[sudopera]

As we have an iMac 5k Full Spec machine on the list to replace

I suppose you maybe know this already, but you should only buy iMac with basic 8GB of RAM from Apple and buy the rest from OWC or Crucial. You can save substantial amount of money without loss of quality or performance. Apple's RAM pricing is a plain robbery.

I think Crucial shop for Europe is in UK.

[Oliver Daniel]

I suppose you maybe know this already, but you should only buy iMac with basic 8GB of RAM from Apple and buy the rest from OWC or Crucial. You can save substantial amount of money without loss of quality or performance. Apple's RAM pricing is a plain robbery.

I think Crucial shop for Europe is in UK.

Thanks for the heads up. I did this with my previous model  That said, I get a 17% discount on the iMac. 

[docmoore]

iMAC is not a monitor that is able to be profiled...like a NEC DELL or Eizo or Sharp.

 

So if color is critical I would look at one of the new 4K monitors that cover 98% Adobe RGB and have the

option for hardware calibration.

 

Bob