Help me choose

[RLSI]

This is a new build, I have had a laptop and the last time I built a PC was 16 months ago. There's some parts I can't decide on so any advice would be helpful. This PC is mainly for video editing, converting, photoshop etc, and I also want to try and spend as little as possible, but still high performance. Also needs to look nice and want to try and keep colour theme.

Case - Bitfenix Prodigy / Bitfenix Phenom - Black / White
CPU - Intel i7-4770K (£236)
Mobo - MSI Z97I GAMING AC MITX (£130) / Asus Z97I Plus MITX (£105) (Not sure about colour though).
Ram - Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB 1600MHZ CL9
PSU - Corsair RM450 (£66) / RM550 (£72) / Bitfenix Fury 550W (£100)
CPU Cooler - H100i, with 2 spectre pro led red (just prefer looks over SP120)
Fans - Front 200mm spectre pro led, read 140mm spectre pro red led
GPU - MSI GTX 760 MINI (Dragon One) ( I like mobo and gpu same brand)
SSD - SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB (£100) / Corsair force GT 120GB (£80)

Sorry If it's messy but appreciate all help, also, i am not getting the graphics card yet as I dont play games, but will it help with other stuff like video editing? Or do I just need a cheap one?
Im also stuck between black/white case, I prefer white, but will black / red theme look silly in a white case?

 

[tinytomlogan]

you need to decide what you want to look at case wise because you wont see whats inside anyways.

Also any white case with a black and red theme will have a black mobo etc so the last bit doesnt make much sense

 

[Wraith]

You will notice a substantial difference with a GPU for editing and converting, with the boost that Cuda will give you. Also depending on the size of your editing and conversion jobs you may want to consider 16GB Ram, you'll not really need 16GB with Photoshop unless your rendering seriously high dpi images but the extra 8GB is there should you need it, I do feel you should add in a mechanical HDD for storage though possibly a WD 1tb caviar black..

Here's my personnal choice given your selected hardware.

CPU - Intel i7-4770K
Mobo - MSI Z97I GAMING AC MITX.
Ram - Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB 1600MHZ CL9
PSU - Corsair RM550.
CPU Cooler - H75i, with 2 spectre pro led red.
Fans - Front 200mm spectre pro led, read 140mm spectre pro red led
GPU - MSI GTX 760 MINI.
SSD - SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB (Boot, Programs) / WD Caviar Black 1TB (Storage)

As for the aesthetics, that I'm afraid is entirely up to you and your personal preference, it's why I left the case out as even I myself can't decide on any cases.

 

[RLSI]

you need to decide what you want to look at case wise because you wont see whats inside anyways.

Also any white case with a black and red theme will have a black mobo etc so the last bit doesnt make much sense

I'm gonna do a window on the side, also I think black & red would look better in a black case but I am worried that the black gets easily dirty, I might also put some acrylic to cover the psu as it's yellow.

You will notice a substantial difference with a GPU for editing and converting, with the boost that Cuda will give you. Also depending on the size of your editing and conversion jobs you may want to consider 16GB Ram, you'll not really need 16GB with Photoshop unless your rendering seriously high dpi images but the extra 8GB is there should you need it, I do feel you should add in a mechanical HDD for storage though possibly a WD 1tb caviar black..

Here's my personnal choice given your selected hardware.

CPU - Intel i7-4770K
Mobo - MSI Z97I GAMING AC MITX.
Ram - Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB 1600MHZ CL9
PSU - Corsair RM550.
CPU Cooler - H75i, with 2 spectre pro led red.
Fans - Front 200mm spectre pro led, read 140mm spectre pro red led
GPU - MSI GTX 760 MINI.
SSD - SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB (Boot, Programs) / WD Caviar Black 1TB (Storage)

As for the aesthetics, that I'm afraid is entirely up to you and your personal preference, it's why I left the case out as even I myself can't decide on any
cases.

Yeah, thanks for the reply, I already have a 4tb WD Black, Im going to get 16gb ram now, but im gonna stick to the h100i. Ive decided on the black prodigy, with side window.

 

[Feronix]

They also do a red Prodigy?

Also; Why are you getting the (more expensive?) mini video card when you can easily either remove to top drive cages to fit a larger GPU or get a /much/ smaller case like the Cooler Master Elite series?