Question how well will an imac early 2009 work with video editing?

[jucabear2]

I get it's a rather old system , however I might be purchasing a used one soon to use for video editing and screen recording, hopefully with camtasia studio? also, how well would it work with video streaming (from youtube mainly) and light gaming? (nothing heavy of course just like tf2 and stuff) Thanks!

 

[dudeman509]

Those were Core 2 Duo era...

not brilliantly at any of the things you described. You'd be better off picking up almost any i5 desktop system from the last few years.

 

[jucabear2]

Those were Core 2 Duo era...

not brilliantly at any of the things you described. You'd be better off picking up almost any i5 desktop system from the last few years.

would this be good for any of the things listed?:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-980-SFF-i5-650-3-2GHz-4GB-80GB-Win-7-Pro-1-Yr-Wty-/401104600112?hash=item5d63b27c30:g:eTAAAOSwOyJX6XCx

 

[dudeman509]

Those were Core 2 Duo era...

not brilliantly at any of the things you described. You'd be better off picking up almost any i5 desktop system from the last few years.

would this be good for any of the things listed?:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-980-SFF-i5-650-3-2GHz-4GB-80GB-Win-7-Pro-1-Yr-Wty-/401104600112?hash=item5d63b27c30:g:eTAAAOSwOyJX6XCx

Slightly better.

You'd probably want a 4-core i5 for video editiing (that is 2). So, start at least at an i5-2400/2500. I'd also recommend at least 8 gigs of RAM, and a computer with a larger profile case if you'd like to add a graphics card as well. Usually integrated Intel HD graphics are mostly useless for gaming (TF2 will run ok, but anything more graphically intense).

 

[jucabear2]

Those were Core 2 Duo era...

not brilliantly at any of the things you described. You'd be better off picking up almost any i5 desktop system from the last few years.

would this be good for any of the things listed?:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-980-SFF-i5-650-3-2GHz-4GB-80GB-Win-7-Pro-1-Yr-Wty-/401104600112?hash=item5d63b27c30:g:eTAAAOSwOyJX6XCx

Slightly better.

You'd probably want a 4-core i5 for video editiing (that is 2). So, start at least at an i5-2400/2500. I'd also recommend at least 8 gigs of RAM, and a computer with a larger profile case if you'd like to add a graphics card as well. Usually integrated Intel HD graphics are mostly useless for gaming (TF2 will run ok, but anything more graphically intense).

What about this? I would upgrade the ram if i were to buy it: