Refurbished iMacs/Mac Pro's

I am hoping to upgrade to a much faster computer in the next couple months. But I am in a debate with myself. Are refurbished Mac Pro's with upgrades as good as a brand new top of the line 27-inch iMac with upgrades? I work in film production with Final Cut Pro and right now I have a 20-inch first generation intel with 4GB of Ram and Im working with a lot of Canon 5D footage.
I'd rather not get a Mac Pro (because of how much room they take) if a brand new 27-inch iMac will be just as good.

You all have convinced me. I was waiting for the new iMacs to be released but then I remembered that many such have infant mortality of one kind or another and I have always had better luck with systems after waiting a few months. With the current crop of 27" i7s likely approaching the end of their life cycle I assume that most of the bugs have been worked out.
I also looked at my needs. My current iMac has used about 250GB of the 1TB internal drive--I have about 8TB external on FW800. Other than a few Handbrake encodes, editing photos with Aperture and Lightroom/Photoshop CS5, and running Parallels 6 most of my use is not DRAM intensive. So a the current i7 should be more than adequate and I believe Handbrake on an i7 is as fast or faster then a Turbo.265HD. I expect this unit to meet my needs for years to come. Besides, I can pass my current 24" iMac on to my wife and get my MacBook Pro back
So I cruised out to the refurb page earlier today and found nothing I wanted. The only 27" was an i3. I've been checking regularly since and a 27" 2.93GHz i7 just showed up. I One-clicked it immediately and I also ordered Apple Care and 16GB of Samsung DRAM for it.

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