If that won't do it, then there is no hope. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

One thing, since that looks like a very expensive system anyways, you might think about dual graphics cards. I am just guessing, but it would probably speed up hardware encoding. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

Excellent suggestion!

The ASUS motherboard has 2 PCI-E x16 slots. I could add a second HD6850 video card in Crossfire mode.

Adding a second 64GB SSD card is also an option I am looking at.
Having 2 SSD cards configured in RAID-0 mode will considerably speed up read/write speeds to the OS drive.

The biggest bottleneck in today’s PC’s is typically the spinning hard drive. Having the OS on a SSD helps, but still remains the weakest link in the system.

Just one question,

Are the audio and video components recommended for this motherboard? I am saying, is there a vendor who already builds this system for public sale?

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY FOLKS WHO PUT RACEHORSE VIDEO CARDS INTO SOME MOTHERBOARDS AND HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS.

The fact that you intend to have 16gb should make it unlikely that disk will be a bottleneck. I would also put the best DV WRITER on the shopping list. If you can't solve the problem - Change the problem

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I am using the same Asus motherboard and it works flawlessly. I am using 8 gb memory and a similar video graphics card.
I don't see any advantage to using 2 graphics cards i.e crossfire unless you are a heavy gamer. Asus MB comes with a card to install in the other PCIe slot when running one video card.
I don't have any problems editing HD files other than 1 or 2 times when doing heavy editing.
Your system should have no problems.
I always build my on systems using Asus motherboards. Windows 8 Pro 64bit
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Quote: Excellent suggestion!

The ASUS motherboard has 2 PCI-E x16 slots. I could add a second HD6850 video card in Crossfire mode.

Maybe, yes the MB has 2XPCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, but support ATI CrossFireX Technology (@ dual 8x speed). Maybe have a look at http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/14356.page#68333 about the discussion on dual cards. It also has a link to some data showing virtually no render difference with dual cards in PD. In my opinion, put the extra $175 into a better initial card if you want to spend the money.

Jeff

Quote: Just one question,

Are the audio and video components recommended for this motherboard? I am saying, is there a vendor who already builds this system for public sale?

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY FOLKS WHO PUT RACEHORSE VIDEO CARDS INTO SOME MOTHERBOARDS AND HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS.

The fact that you intend to have 16gb should make it unlikely that disk will be a bottleneck. I would also put the best DV WRITER on the shopping list.

The HD6850 card should be compatible with the motherboard.
No, there is no vendor who is offering this configuration. I am assembling everything from scratch, to build a PC optimized to run PowerDirector9 Ultra.

Out of that 16GB of RAM, I would like to allocate 8GB to a RAMDisk and move over my Swap File and Temporary files.




Here is an excellent analysis and report on how to benefit from a RAM disk:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ram-memory-upgrade,2778.html



Conclusion and Recommendation: (From the above article)

Based on our measurements and impressions (and taking falling prices into account), we thoroughly recommend a minimum RAM size of 8 GB. Using 12 or 16 GB only makes sense if you're planning on using 4 GB of more of this higher amount as a RAM disk, helping accelerate the reading and writing of temporary files. This applies equally to file compression, video encoding, and heavy image editing.


Do you have any specific DVD writer that you would recommend?
I was planning to use the Sony Blu-ray burner as my sole DVD/Blu-ray burner.
Would it be beneficial to add in a second dedicated DVD writer, perhaps to save wear and tear on the expensive Blu-ray drive?

Quote: I am using the same Asus motherboard and it works flawlessly. I am using 8 gb memory and a similar video graphics card.
I don't see any advantage to using 2 graphics cards i.e crossfire unless you are a heavy gamer. Asus MB comes with a card to install in the other PCIe slot when running one video card.

Thanks for the vote of confirmation!
I am very happy to hear that the ASUS motherboard with 8GB of RAM using a Single Video Card will do the job.

Quote:

Quote: Excellent suggestion!

The ASUS motherboard has 2 PCI-E x16 slots. I could add a second HD6850 video card in Crossfire mode.

Maybe, yes the MB has 2XPCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, but support ATI CrossFireX Technology (@ dual 8x speed). Maybe have a look at http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/14356.page#68333 about the discussion on dual cards. It also has a link to some data showing virtually no render difference with dual cards in PD. In my opinion, put the extra $175 into a better initial card if you want to spend the money.

Jeff

Jeff,

Thanks a million for your expert tip! You are correct. The motherboard can only support 16x speed when there is a single card in the BLUE PCIe 2.0 x16 slot. On the second GRAY PCIe 2.0 slot you are supposed to place in the VGA Switch Card.

However, if one uses Dual PCIe cards, the speed drops to x8 on both!

This is good information to have.

Thanks for that link on the discussion on dual video cards. This convinced me to stay with 1 Video Card and save $179.

I had another quick question.


Can PowerDirector 9 Ultra benefit from having a dedicated Sound Card in the PC as opposed to using the RealTek HD audio drivers?

If so, what Sound Card would you recommend that would be compatible with PowerDirector 9?

What do you think of adding the ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI Express Sound Card?


Stereophile Review:

http://www.stereophile.com/computeraudio/asus_xonar_essence_ststx_soundcards/index.html

Guru 3D Review:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-xonar-essence-stx-review/



This may be another option:

M-Audio Audiophile 2496 MIDI Digital Recording Interface. It comes with MIDI IN/OUT ports.

I am using the exact same Asus motherboard that you are using and I find the onboard audio is fine for what I do. Unless you are venturing into professional audio editing or more advanced sound with a professional speaker system, I find the audio onboard the motherboard does a good job.

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This forum is not to be used to advertise other company's products. By providing url's with the product item which you're going to use, you are creating a problem for this thread - edit your content and remove the links asap please.

Thanks

Dafydd

Quote: This forum is not to be used to advertise other company's products. By providing url's with the product item which you're going to use, you are creating a problem for this thread - edit your content and remove the links asap please.

Thanks

Dafydd

Hi Dafydd,

I agree with you. We should not be using this forum as a platform to advertise or endorse third party products.

I have removed all the direct links.

Sorry for the trouble. I am just a newbie to the forum.

Tapas

Quote: I am using the exact same Asus motherboard that you are using and I find the onboard audio is fine for what I do. Unless you are venturing into professional audio editing or more advanced sound with a professional speaker system, I find the audio onboard the motherboard does a good job.

Cheers

Thanks for letting me know that the on-board audio on the ASUS M4A89GTD Motherboard will suffice. Based on your vote of confidence, I will skip the sound card for now.

At the moment I am using a pair of M-Audio AV40 powered Desktop Speakers. I do not use the on-board sound on my current PC. I have disabled it.

Instead, I use a Roland Sonic Cell Audio/MIDI sound module that connects to the PC via a USB 2.0 port.

This way it bypasses all the Electromagnetic Interference in the innards of the PC.
The downside is, that it clutters up the desk.

I had another question on accessing the Forum Threads.

When I try to access this page:

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/8445.page

I get back an error message stating that,

"Oooops. You don't have sufficient privileges to access this message."

This thread contains some very valuable information posted by members showcasing the specs of their PCs that are found to be compatible with PowerDirector.

This is a goldmine of information for newbies like me who are trying to custom build a PC to run PowerDirector 9 Ultra.

Is there anything I can do to access this information?

Hi Tapas

I cannot access it either - this is probably due to the thread being 'locked'. Happing editing

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Quote: Hi Tapas

I cannot access it either - this is probably due to the thread being 'locked'.

Hi Neil,

Thanks for checking this. Good to know that it was not something unique to my account.

I am very impressed with the equipment you have listed on your signature line. What is the benefit of running multiple versions of Power Director on mutiple computers?

Looks like you have a professional Video Editing studio!

Just one tiny caveat.

I, too, have a pretty nifty setup - but performance is not only determined by i/o and memory. Or, it is, but not in the direct way by calculating speeds and loads. Windows has, since its inception, introduced another dimension to actual speed, and that is the immensity of the o/s itself. Many system calls to i/o devices particularly, have timeouts associated with them, and if the system makes and i/o request which is in some way mal-formed - then that call will wait till the timeout is completed. Such things are usually blamed on the device driver, and quite possibly they are exactly that, but it still happens.

I believe, but would find it hard to justify, that Windows may actually introduce problems simply due to the speed of new devices.

So what I am saying is that you may find your system not totally living up to expectations in practice. i7 980x; W7 Pro; 12GB; Nvidia GTX 285; 2x300G Velociraptors in Raid 0; 2x1.5TB Barracuda in Raid 1; 2TB WD Studio Ed.II (eSATA); NEC SpectraView Reference 2690 + MultiSync EA232