Mini ITX sys for photo processing and some slideshow creation

[DragoniaBlu]

I have put the following list together of parts and any thoughts on it would be appreciated.

Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core
Asus Z97I-PLUS Mini ITX
Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Crucial M550 512GB M.2 SSD
Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" SSD
Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB KalmX
Silverstone FT03B-MINI (Black) Mini ITX Tower
Silverstone 450W SFX12V

I won't be doing any overclocking thus not having a K processor. I need fast data transfers thus the two SSDs (plus the MB has the M2 slot and it really would be a sin to not use it )

any other thoughts are appreciated

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

What OS are you using?? What type of photo processing are you doing?? What software is being used??

I would get a Xeon E3 1230 V3:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=56168

Its a slightly downclocked Core i7 4770. I would get this motherboard:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=60517

My mate did a build with the same parts recently.

Regarding the graphics card,remember a passive card might end up making your system fans spin up quicker as it needs to remove the heat anyway.

However,I would be more inclined to get a R7 260X or R7 265 as they have better OpenCL performance:

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph7764/61465.png

[DragoniaBlu]

I'm running Adobe CC so Photoshop and Lightroom CC editions. I'll also be using After Effects for creating the slide shows.

I wanted that MB because it's one of very few on the market that have the M2 slot so that I could have an M2 SSD. I don't mind paying the extra little bit for the i7.

Also in relation to the heat from the GPU - the case has the 90 degree rotated construction so therefore heat rises and shouldn't be an issue in the case