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Developing is a lot more than typing code, so I think a powerful IDE is better than an editor, however elegant. I also think it'll be easier to use / switch to an IDE rather than trying to slowly turn an editor into an IDE with extensions.

As for which specific one, you can choose based on your needs and budget. Personally I tried Eclipse quite a bit and some others more superficially, but I'm very happy to have switched to JetBrains IDEs (like the Storms you mention) (mostly IDEA, PyCharm and CLion). The only downside is that they're expensive, but I spend so much time programming that it seems worth the cost. Some have community versions which still offer IDE-level features, or free student/open-source versions.

EDIT A few notes to address other comments:

• There's a lot more to IDEs than autocomplete and reformatting, though those are great features. But that's putting the bar too low, it should refactor trivially (incl across file types), warn you of errors, run tasks remotely, set conditional breakpoints, have changelists, have bookmarks, integrate with most VCSs, understand popular frameworks, understand build tools, diff/merge resolve, compile and test (and deploy), split editor, multi-cursor, regex search, and keep a cache so search/refactor/complete is instant even for big projects.
• It's trivial to put most any part of JetBrains IDEs in sepate windows (file browsers, run log, basically anything) or hide it. The time it cluttered your screen more than exactly as much as you want is long ago. There's even full-screen mode so you don't need to see your OS.
• I don't even know what to say about auto-complete, I don't get the hate. If you just keep typing it enters what you type, so I don't see how it gets in the way. If you click or press tab or something it'll save you a lot of typing. Take { for example, if you type { it will enter {} (cursor in middle), but if you type {} it will still enter {}, not {}}. Still applies with stuff in the middle.

Memory use and startup times are complaints that are true. I think coding conveniences are a good use of memory, and I only start the IDE once a day at most, but if your PC only has 512MB then no, don't use PyCharm.