"using what I already have for a mobo"

What's a mobo? Regards,
Dan
Power Director 21-Ultimate
v 21.0.3111.0
XPS-8940, Win-10 64-bit,
Intel Core i9-10900 processor
(10 core, 20M Cache),
32GB DDR4 RAM, 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD, 2TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD,
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6

Quote: "using what I already have for a mobo"

What's a mobo?

Dan, I'm confused about this too! or maybe it's a typographic error. Hey, barefootguyinco61, can you please clarify for Dan and myself what a "mobo" is?

Cheers!

Neil.

Mobo=Motherboard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobo System- Dell Precision Workstation T7500, dual Intel Xeon X5570 4 core processors with hyperthreading enabled, running at 2.93 ghz, or 3.33 in turbo, 24gb DDR3 1333mhz memory, AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU, 10 total cooling fans, 256gb SSD, 4tb 7200 rpm HD, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

Thanks... Regards,
Dan
Power Director 21-Ultimate
v 21.0.3111.0
XPS-8940, Win-10 64-bit,
Intel Core i9-10900 processor
(10 core, 20M Cache),
32GB DDR4 RAM, 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD, 2TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD,
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6

The biggest improvement would be a much faster processor.

Your current CPU:

Dual Intel Xeon X5570 4 core processors with hyperthreading enabled, running at 2.93 ghz, or 3.33 in turbo

2.93 Ghz is not the fastest on the block. I don't know if you are getting full use of two processors.

You would benefit with a 4 core or more 3.5 to 4+ Ghz processor (an Intel i7). The would probably mean a new motherboard.

You would have to spend a ton of money to get a good improvement.

I don't think ssd drives help for Video Editing, the access time is not a factor. The current Hard drives are plenty fast.

I doubt your video card is the bottleneck, the bottleneck is the CPU.

I tried editing my videos on the iMacs and it was a dream, except I have to go to the library and I want to work from home.

Powerdirector does not run in an iMac without the Windows emulator. I do not know what editing program you are using on the iMac, I bet it is not Powerdirector. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

No, I said this "and using adobe premiere cc since I can also use our library Imac computers with this program." meaning I ran adobe premiere on the imacs. I also tried out final cut pro as they have that and imovie, which I didn't try. System- Dell Precision Workstation T7500, dual Intel Xeon X5570 4 core processors with hyperthreading enabled, running at 2.93 ghz, or 3.33 in turbo, 24gb DDR3 1333mhz memory, AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU, 10 total cooling fans, 256gb SSD, 4tb 7200 rpm HD, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

I think someone already give you the answer and you are looking for something you want to hear perhaps? You want the fastest CPU possible like an I7 with the highest memory bandwith you can afford. Powerdirector is a consumer grade grade software and wont fully benefit from a fully buffered system (workstation). So, what you want it's speed. That being said, you can spend thousands on a system and still have bugs with PD. Good luck! 4790K / Asus Z97i-Plus / 16gb (2-8gb)crucial @1866 Mhz / Samsung ssd 840 pro 250gb / Samsung 850 evo 250gb M.2 / 2-4tb HGST 7200rpm raid 1 / Nvidia GTX 1070 founders) / corsair RM650 PS / LG BD-RE

No, I'm considering the one option which is a new motherboard and cpu, and was just clarifying that I know PD doesn't run on an iMac.

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to try out adobe premier online tonight and if it can run fine, then it's worth the monthly price for me. If not, I'll just edit on the free and new iMac at the library until I can afford an entirely new hp z820 or something (just have seen that recommended multiple times). System- Dell Precision Workstation T7500, dual Intel Xeon X5570 4 core processors with hyperthreading enabled, running at 2.93 ghz, or 3.33 in turbo, 24gb DDR3 1333mhz memory, AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU, 10 total cooling fans, 256gb SSD, 4tb 7200 rpm HD, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

I have the T3500 with just one CPU slot fitted with a six core (12 with HT) X5650 - same socket LGA 1366. I have added the 1100W PS from your T7500 when I was using a Radeon.

I strongly recommend looking into a pair of six cores (socket LGA1366) for your setup (ebay). Your quad CPU's are from a 45nm generation, you can get the ones from the 32nm generation - keeping same power envelope, you get two more physical cores.

Also to dump that Radeon (on ebay) and get a GTX 960 - that Radeon is good for games, not so much for video editing. GTX960 has the latest video decoder/encoder (same with GTX950), don't get anything else for video editing.


As for the 6 cores, X5660, X5670, X5675 have the advantage of lower power envelope (95W), your current coolers are sufficient.
X5680 or X5690 have higher frequency but higher power (130W) and they might get in thermal throttling during high use with your present coolers, so won't be more useful.
Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors#.22Westmere-EP.22_.2832_nm.29_Efficient_Performance
http://ark.intel.com/products/family/28144/Intel-Xeon-Processor-5000-Sequence#@Server
http://ark.intel.com/products/series/47915/Intel-Xeon-Processor-5600-Series#@Server

What I also did, I bought (from ebay) one of Dell's RAID controllers (hardware) and I am using 3 HDD in RAID 5 - double the speed and redundancy. Not that it would help too much, HDD speed doesn't affect too much the encoding process, bottle neck is somwhere else. Use Task Manager -> Performance to see the actual usage %.

Memory, over 8GB is useless for this program, it is not used.

Sonic, thanks so much, that's what I was looking for. Since I got Adobe running just fine, for now I'll stick with that program instead, but still plan to upgrade in the future, so I'll copy this info to word for that time.

Ran Cinebench on my system last night and I scored 993, so was decent.

Anyway, finally got Adobe Premier running and it works PERFECTLY, so I'll be switching. Guess it's more optimized for my workstation system. Good luck everyone, and thanks for the help. System- Dell Precision Workstation T7500, dual Intel Xeon X5570 4 core processors with hyperthreading enabled, running at 2.93 ghz, or 3.33 in turbo, 24gb DDR3 1333mhz memory, AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU, 10 total cooling fans, 256gb SSD, 4tb 7200 rpm HD, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

Your system is very good for video editing, don't worry about a new computer. Those Dell Precision are monsters, made for workstation duty. I am not sure if Premier can use multiple video cards, Windows 10 allows for that (even mixed from ATI and nvidia), that would be my next upgrade on that system.


Disclaimer: I am kind of envious about that