Greetings all, my first post here. I've read lots of useful info here and now I'm after some specific info.

Ah, the ego.

Potiental PC Specs:

Computer brands? HP, Sony, what do you think?

Pentium 4 Processor or a 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP

512MB (I'll try for 1 GB)

400 mHz FSB

DDR400 RAM

Hard Drive 200GB

8MB cashe

CD burner - Lite-on (not a biggy)

Hi everybody,

I'm planning on building a new desktop.

The computer I have now is too old and it's not handling the amount of tracks and plugins required, plus my girlfriend needsa computer so this is the opportunity to get rid of it and get a new one.

I have a Mac G3 with a 500mhz processor with 768 MB of RAM, and 20 GB of Hardrive space (small, I know). I would appreciate suggestions on the proper equipment to buy for long term use. I am on a budget but would rather buy a couple of quality things first and build on a good platform than to try and conquer the DAW world all at once on a limited budget and end up with a half ass studio.

Now, I am planning to build my own DAW for the first time. This pc is going to be completely dedicated to audio, with no games, MS office type stuff, or internet on it. I am going to run a delta 44 for I/O and use Sonar 3 producer ed. I will also have Nero for burning and possibly Fruity loops, but that is still up in the air.

I am looking at uprading my current DAW setup but there are so many factors to consider since the tecnology is changing so fast . I am currently running :

MAC 9500/G3 400
OS 8.6.1
Pro Tools 5.0
Pro Tools III Hardware ( 32 Track )
(5) DSP Farms
(4) 882 I/0
Miro DC30+