Ultra 64 or Deluxe

TexasCityDave#1

Newbie Location: Southeast TX Joined: Aug 08, 2011 22:58 Messages: 35 Offline

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Aug 09, 2011 23:47

I just signed up on the forum and am glad to be here. I'm a "babe in the woods" when it comes to video editing. My limited experience has been Windows Moviemaker and an earlier editing program from Pinnacle.

I'm having a new computer built and it should be ready next week. I'll give a rundown on its components at the bottom of this post.

I'm going to take some early advice that I've read from my searching and take this new endeavor slow and easy. I'm in no hurry and have found in my old age that the "journey" often times is more fun than the destination.

Based on my hardware and Windows 7 as my OS, could I get a few suggestions/opinions as to which PowerDirector software I should get? Ultra 64 or Deluxe?

Thanks in advance.

Processor: Intel 2600K 3.40 GHz
MOBO: Asus P8P67 B3 LE S1135
RAM: DDR3 8GB 1600MHz Corsair (2x4GB)
Hard Drive 1: Corsair 64GB 2.5SSD
Hard Drive 2: WD10000 1TB Caviar Black
Graphics Cards: (2) EVGA GTX460
WINDOWS 7 PRO 64 BIT [SP1]
ASUS P8P67LE MB
Intel Ci7 2600K 3.40 Ghz
2X 8GB 1600Mhz Dual BL
2X EVGA GTX460 1GB SC
120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
2X 1TB WD10000 SRTL Caviar Black
PD 9 Ultra 64
LG-12X Blu-Ray
Cameras: Canon 7D, Canon HF S21

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Aug 10, 2011 00:13

Hi,
your system is practically the sames as mine except I have Asus p8p67 le motherboard and Geforces 560ti Graphic accelerator card and 12 GB memory.
I would go for the PD9 Ultra it will utilize 64Bit system and expand you capabilities, the Deluxe doesn't support 64Bit Windows (i don't think).
I updgraded my computer system just after buying PD9 Ultra and am glad I did!!
Jim Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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Rocket-Scientist

Senior Member Location: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA Joined: Apr 23, 2010 10:14 Messages: 288 Offline

Aug 10, 2011 13:38

Nice system, but you will have problems with that small SSD drive as your system disk.

There are several posts on this forum about the "strain" that video editing puts on computer. I had 128 GB SSD and had to replace it with a 10K rpm Raptor HDD, then most of my problems went away.

By default Power Director puts a lot of files on C: and even if you change all the defaults, it still uses C: a lot, and evey time you update, you have to redo many file location assignments. RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6
(2 NVME 2TB, 1 SSD 2TB, 3SATA 18TB )
PD18 ULTIMATE 64bit
WINDOWS 10 PRO 64 BIT
GIGABYTE X570 AORUS PRO WIFI MB
RYZEN 7 3700X 8-CORE , 64 GB DDR4
ORSAIR HX1050 watts PSU

TexasCityDave#1

Newbie Location: Southeast TX Joined: Aug 08, 2011 22:58 Messages: 35 Offline

Aug 13, 2011 00:04

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Based on them, listed below are the components and software I purchased for the build.

WINDOWS 7 PRO 64 BIT [SP1]
ASUS P8P67LE MB
Intel Ci7 2600K 3.40 Ghz
2X 8GB 1600Mhz Dual BL
2X EVGA GTX460 1GB SC
120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
1TB WD10000 SRTL Caviar Black
LG-12X Blu-Ray Writer
PowerDirector 9 Ultra 64

Hopefully Monday I'll be able to start pulling the rest of my hair out diving into PD 9. Thanks again.

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WINDOWS 7 PRO 64 BIT [SP1]
ASUS P8P67LE MB
Intel Ci7 2600K 3.40 Ghz
2X 8GB 1600Mhz Dual BL
2X EVGA GTX460 1GB SC
120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
2X 1TB WD10000 SRTL Caviar Black
PD 9 Ultra 64
LG-12X Blu-Ray
Cameras: Canon 7D, Canon HF S21