Good £1000 custom video editing PC?

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My primary focus is photoshop, sony vegas, premiere pro and after effects. I might game occasionally but nothing overly intensive like flash games and Portal.

I'll be primarily editing 4k photos and could potentially have up to 50 layers in PS (16gb more ram will be bought when can be afforded). These pictures will then be combined in AE.

After searching through google, I've made a relatively uneducated list. And another person has recommended this.

Does one look better than the other? And based of that one, would you recommend any improvements to max out on performance?
 
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I7 - that is a gaming PC, not an editing PC.

Video Editing software does not use the video card enough to justify anything over GTX 760. The gains are non existent.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-162/

Even GTX 650 does not fall far behind from the 4-5 times more expensive cards.

If you use Photoshop or After Effects - AMD is not an option. Both are RAM amount and RAM bandwidth hungry monsters. AMD platforms have a considerably less bandwidth than Intel platforms.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_fx_8350_processor_review,17.html

Also, FX 8350 can catch up to 3770k and 4770k in rendering, but not during pipeline work. A lot of the functions in that software is low...
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I7 - that is a gaming PC, not an editing PC.

Video Editing software does not use the video card enough to justify anything over GTX 760. The gains are non existent.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-162/

Even GTX 650 does not fall far behind from the 4-5 times more expensive cards.

If you use Photoshop or After Effects - AMD is not an option. Both are RAM amount and RAM bandwidth hungry monsters. AMD platforms have a considerably less bandwidth than Intel platforms.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_fx_8350_processor_review,17.html

Also, FX 8350 can catch up to 3770k and 4770k in rendering, but not during pipeline work. A lot of the functions in that software is low threaded, and the FX feels sluggish. Also the 8350 is miles behind the new 4790k

P.S I am a 3d modeler, animator and compositor.

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bdYcGX) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bdYcGX/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k) | £245.94 @ Aria PC
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | £24.25 @ Scan.co.uk
**Motherboard** | [Asus Z97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97pro) | £138.00 @ Aria PC
**Memory** | [Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/mushkin-memory-997069) | £113.99 @ Aria PC
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te250bw) | £92.95 @ Amazon UK
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001) | £52.79 @ Aria PC
**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx760dc2oc2gd5) | £179.69 @ CCL Computers
**Case** | [Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-nse300kkn1) | £30.36 @ Scan.co.uk
**Power Supply** | [be quiet! 500W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-power-supply-bn192) | £66.60 @ Scan.co.uk
**Optical Drive** | [Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/pioneer-optical-drive-bdc207dbk) | £39.42 @ Aria PC
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-fqc04649) | £36.00 @ Amazon UK
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £1019.99

Cheers
 
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You sure don't sound like one. "The more - the better" does not work in the computer world.

Professional Software does not care about RAM MHz like synthetics do. Professional Software responds better to Lower Latency RAM.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£245.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£109.14 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£123.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (£346.77 @ PC World Business)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£36.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1013.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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Thanks guys.. I'm now lost as to which is the best option :L

By the way, the £36 W7Pro operating system should be factored in around £100 since it's a dodgy dealer. Also I will be aiming for 32gb ram so W7 Home Premium is not an option.
 
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That was a reply to everyone
 
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