Thoughts on this PC? Should i buy

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Rain-Recording-Solst ... 563c291c8d


Shoud i buy this? is it worth the buck (I don't want a 300 dollar craigslist comp btw, im looking to spend around this much on a pc, so is this worth the money?)

mpc1000user wrote:http://cgi.ebay.ca/Rain-Recording-Solstice-Quad-Core-Audio-PC-SL2-Q01_W0QQitemZ370376514701QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item563c291c8d


Shoud i buy this? is it worth the buck (I don't want a 300 dollar craigslist comp btw, im looking to spend around this much on a pc, so is this worth the money?)

if you cant build that on your own... pay them 700 dollars to build that for you. that is a choice only up to you.

i don't know anything about this particular machine. but i'm always suspicious of computers that market themsleves as a specific audio machine.

if you're just after a computer for music, this is what i'd get - (a mac g4 tower for a couple of hundred bucks) and put logic xpress 7 or 8 on it.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Apple-Power-Mac-G4-Tower-Computer-DVD_W0QQitemZ260604294150QQcmdZViewItemQQptZApple_Desktops?hash=item3cad39f406

i'd then buy a mid-range laptop for my computing needs.

http://www.pcaudiolabs.com

their rack pc is pimp..

^^^i take it all back. that rackmounted unit is beautiful.

thats a great site, thanks a lot!
should i get 32 bit vista or 64??

mpc1000user wrote:thats a great site, thanks a lot!
should i get 32 bit vista or 64??

honestly for vista I would go for 32 bit if it is for music because not every company has made their things perfectly compatible for 64 bit however most have but everything works on 32 bit vista except the akai mpd 16.

32 bit XP

sorry i meant windows 7**** 32 or 64

mpc1000user wrote:sorry i meant windows 7**** 32 or 64

again probably 32 bit would be your safest option... I would definitely go with that over windows xp of any kind if you are installing it on a modern system.

DON'T GET 64 BIT!!!!!

DPM wrote:DON'T GET 64 BIT!!!!!

although, maybe next year or the year after they will sort it out. After all the software companies need to adapt to the OS if they want their stuff to run. When windows 8 comes out I wouldn't be surprised if there no 32 bit version.

I decided to build my own

i got an intel i7 quad core 2.8ghz
x58motherboard
lots of ram
lots of disk space
what should i look for in an audio card?

id get a pci based interface
since your building a desktop nothing quicker

two disks should give better throughput than one big disk. put the OS and applications on one disk, your samples and other work on the other