pc tips

I'm about to buy a pc for my studio and I wonder if anyone got some tips for me...(I use cubase vst 32, wavelab, win 2000 pro)
first, is there any specific soundcard that's cool for recording? (up to 150€)
I read in other topics that it is better to use FAT than NTFS. is that true? and if so, why?
....I also appreciate other advises!!!

Just make sure that the cpu speed is fast enough to run your programs and run the real time effects without stuttering or locking up






Phatz

If you can, switch to Win XP...Best suited to running music applications (Much better than 2k anyway)

Get 2 Hard Drives - 1 for Sortware, the other for Audio (If not get aleast 120GB and partition it)

...Plenty of Ram will help (I rec' Min 512MB)

Soundcards and there suitability depend upon your demands.
What level of recording are you going to be doing?

thanx 4 ya replies!!
I just wanna record my beats to burn them on cd and maybe make a mixtape or something (nothing really professional; although I wouldn't mind if it sound 'pro')
that means I should get one harddrive with NTFS for programs and one with FAT for audio? (if so, should I install cubase and wavelab on the NTFS or FAT harddrive?)
I only need 2 outs and 2 ins on my soundcard.which soundcard do you use?

No. If you're using the mpc with zipdrives, or plan on doing that in the future, you should format your windows partition as FAT. All audio-Programs are also on this partion. If you have a separate audio harddisk you can still format that to ntfs if you want.
I think if you only record 2 tracks of audio at a time, you can probably get away with one big harddisk divided into two partitions. You can always add another disk later. Get a decent harddisk though, something like a Seagate Baracuda. These are silent and fast too.
There's lots of two in/out soundcards out there. Buy the best one you can afford. The soundquality will be a little better, and look for a card with low latency ASIO drivers. M-Audio makes some cheap soundcards that sound decent.