New PC Spec... comments?

[babylon303]

Hi all,

Looks like my old PC has died on me (Pentium 4 1500, 1Gb RAM, WinXP)

Am pretty poor at the moment, so am looking at this spec...

Abit IP35 Pro XE Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo, E7300 CPU
DDR2 1066 2Gb RAM

What do you think?

It'll be running Cubase v3 with lots of VSTi's, Reason 4 and Ableton Live.

Also, I can get a Quad core CPU for about the same money, but obv. its lower spec... which should I spend my money on?

[JuliánFernández]

Most people are gonna say on legal software...

[michaelst]

Any dual core CPU is gonna be just fine running recording software. The quad core is best utilized for video rendering.

For this PC based recording set-up, money is best spent on (yes) legal software, and hardware to quiet the PC - good, quiet power supply, quiet CPU and system fans.

[bpape]

That looks find to me. I'd invest a little in a case that's pretty quiet to start with. The Antec Sonata series is a very nice case, that's pretty quiet, reasonably priced, and very easy to work on.

Bryan

[buckkillr8]

Originally Posted by bpape

That looks find to me. I'd invest a little in a case that's pretty quiet to start with. The Antec Sonata series is a very nice case, that's pretty quiet, reasonably priced, and very easy to work on.

Bryan

+1 for the Sonata cases.

[AMcB]

Why does everyone always assume that everyone is stealing software? Maybe they worked really hard to pay for their software... Maybe they stole it.... Who really knows... I think it's kinda rude to assume that just because they have expensive software or they don't know what they are talking about means they stole it. If I bought a $1000 mic to start out recording rap vocals maybe cause I've been saving my money, I got a second job, I sell drugs, my parents are rich, or what ever. Would you assume I didn't really buy it and I downloaded it off the internet?