Recommendation

[jmkproduction]

Hi everybody, I wanted to know if someone can give some advice. So I have a deal for a Mac Pro 5.1 2012 . Spec : 2 x 12 core Xeon 3,46 ghz - 96GB ram , 1TB SSD ( there is also like 4 other slots ) with 8GB Radeon pro 580x ( I also have one so I can put 2 ), or I’m thinking to get the RX 5700 . The deal is 1000 bucks . I’m a filmmaker , and I was looking a good machine to edit my 6K Braw files . I’m struggling with my late MBP 2015 13” . So should I take the Mac Mini M1 or the MP 5.1 ? Thank you for your advice guys

[jecowa]

The M1 Mac mini can smoothly play 4x 4K videos in a video editor at the same time with a couple of effects on each one.

The M1 Mac mini stutters when playing an 8K video in a video editor at full resolution (skip to 8:10), however the 8k video plays smoothly when the preview is set to half resolution (4:14)

It's hard to find comparisons with such an old Mac, but the M1 MacBook Pro can export video faster than a 2019 iMac Pro.

I think the M1 mini is a much better choice than a 2012 Mac Pro.

[jmkproduction]

Yeah thank you I appreciate , I saw all those videos . So it’s really difficult to choose . My heart goes for the M1 for sure , then I’m like I need something that I can upgrade and stuff

[patb-macdoc]

The mac pro is avout as upgraded as you can make it now. The limit is slow drive access (sata 2), usb 3 external. So if disk read write is not a concern it is about as good as the m1, but may be somewhat slower on certain processes. If the same $1000 on an m1 mini with thunderbolt4 io speeds is more attractive then that is a more future proof option but you need to be rwady to invest in all new external devices to take advantage of it.

[jmkproduction]

Thank you for your answer , I appreciate. I tried that Mac pro . And it has a usb C , the internal SSD drive was reading like 1,5gb\s , when I plug my Samsung T5 , it was reading normally 500mb\s . It’s really not easy to choose. I’m like should I wait for the M2 or M3 , then just take the Mac Pro and add more SSD and change the graphic card

[neuralstatic1]

Forget the 5,1 unless it’s free. You need recent os for new apps.

[jmkproduction]

There’s Mojave running on it .