AMD FX 8370E or Intel for Video Editing/Rendering

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I've added Video Editing-VFX as my new hobby and planning to assemble a new PC for editing-rendering. From this Christmas sale I've bought an AMD FirePro W5100 card, Corsair 1600 DDR3 RAM, WD 2TB HDD in a combo offer.

I have three Processors which go with my CPU budget and don't know which one to pick.

AMD FX 8370E (recent release)
Intel Xeon E3 1245 V3 (released 2 years ago)
Intel i5 4690K (released 1 year ago)

Does the release year has anything to do with future technology updates or current trends?

Please suggest which processor to pick and related components like Motherboard, PSU, CPU Cooler, Cabinet and the budget for components is 400$.

I personally like AMD FX 8370E because it is new, will match with the GFX card (AMD, AMD), many people suggested it telling its good for rendering jobs and cost effective too.

Please help me pick one or suggest if you have another combo.
 
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For a hobby here is what i will suggest within the budget set of course
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax Atlas ATX-295WB ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $408.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-23 00:29 EST-0500

My reasoning behind using a Intel Xeon E3-1245V3 instead of the AMD...
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For a hobby here is what i will suggest within the budget set of course
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax Atlas ATX-295WB ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $408.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-23 00:29 EST-0500

My reasoning behind using a Intel Xeon E3-1245V3 instead of the AMD FX-8370E is because i beleive that the Intel Xeon will preform better for what you want it to do. The Motherboard should be able to take how ever much RAM you got from that combo also i prefer ASUS Motherboards because of the little connector they ship with to make plugging in the front panel connectors easier but this is why the build is $8.95 over budget just for easy of building it.
 
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Thanks Bro. A little bit budget spill is acceptable :). I have extra 1TB and 2TB HDDs with me, I use an USB Wacom tablet, USB Shuttle Xpress and my monitor is 27". Will the suggested power supply fuel all these when connected together, even though the power for monitor is separate. :??: This machine will be running for 8 to 16 hrs continuously.
 
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Xeon's and i7's are the same except Xeon's don't overclock I think the multiplier might actually be locked. On the other hand Xeon CPU's support ECC Memory and that's cool and all but will you be using ECC Memory? Other than that I forgot.
 
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I don't even know what "ECC Memory" is. I'm that much ruined. Chose Xeon after reading it is better than i7 from many forums.
 
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Error Correcting Memory I'm pretty sure It's mainly for Servers and that Xeons are Enterprise CPU's. It may be quicker in rendering and editing videos than a i7 by I dunno a minute or more but the Xeon your looking at still has 16 PCIe lanes like a i7, supports up to 32 Gigs of RAM @ up to 1600 Mhz.
 
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yes the PSU will be able to power them just to fit another 1TB and/or 2TB hard drive in you will have to convert the 5.25" bay(s) into 3.5" hard drive slots is all. For the other parrts yes they will not draw more power than the system has as it only sits at 56.3% with the config of what you said in your orginal message + the config i made above so a few extra external components should not draw to much to even get it to 60% thus keeping you on the higher points of the power curve hopefully.
 
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...so I don't have to install another CPU Cooler? Is there any Pros/Cons if I add a 600W PSU.
 
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as the computer is only drawing 229 Watts yes you will see a diffnerece in the effenency that power is converted from the wall into the computer. Also you only need 1 CPU Cooler not 2 to this the Intel Xeon e3-1245V3 comes with a cooler but yes you can get a after market thing to replace it to that unless you are planning on messing with the BLCK setting on it that is useless as the BLCK setting is the only setting that is overclockable on a Xeon to which it is higher recomended to not touch the BLCK setting at all when overclocking a CPU.
 
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