27" iMac 2017 upgrade - - SSD and RAM tips?

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  1. I’m going to upgrade my 27" iMac 2017, from fusion disk to 2 TB SSD. Suggestion on choice of disk?

  2. I currently have 40 GB RAM. Is it worth upgrading to 64 GB? Recently started to use DaVinci Resolve, also using Lightroom and Photoshop.

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  1. I went with the Sabrent 2TB Thunderbolt 3 External SSD (SB-XTRM-2TB) last summer through Amazon. The first was DOA. Sabrent and Amazon stood behind the product and sent me a new one within a couple of days. It’s been an excellent startup drive since then. (Thank you Carbon Copy Cloner).

  2. I have 64 GB of RAM, but I don’t use any of those three apps. That said, I don’t regret maxing out the RAM. I do a fair amount of entry level video editing and I’ve never had a problem on my iMac. Running out of memory, however, is a constant problem on my MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM.

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OWC is always a good bet. Personally I think 40 GB of RAM is probably enough. I would go ahead and upgrade the disk and then decide later whether to add memory, based on your experience with the new disk. You’re lucky to have a machine with RAM that is so easy to upgrade.

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Upgrading RAM after checking out the result of changing SSD, was my initial thougt too. Just curious if anyone had any experience.

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Thanks for your input.
Entry level video editing is it for me too.