How's this?

[eyeball kicks]

I'm looking to buy a PC for audio (in the UK) and having decided that I'm not ready to build my own this time. Looking at the sites of the various companies selling audio systems, I'm drawn to Inta-Audio's Mini Workstation:

http://www.inta-audio.co.uk/script/... UPGSYS1WIN UPGSYS1UQK&filtmode=AND&filtval=2

For those who can't be bothered to click on the link, these are the specs:

INTAaudio 4 bay case
Asus P4PE Mainboard
Intel PIV 2.6 CPU 800MHz FSB
512 MB DDR 400MHz RAM
Radeon 9200 128MB Dual Head
NEC CD/DVD Re-Writer
120GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
1.44MB Floppy Drive
2 Front & 4 Rear USB2 Ports
PS2 Keyboard & Scroll Mouse

Also included is a choice of one of three soundcards - which includes the Terratec DMX 6 Fire which was probably the soundcard I would've got anyway.

The cost is 749 GBP, including Win XP, delivery etc.

It's almost exactly what I'm looking for (though I might get more RAM) and a better price than I've found elsewhere. But can anyone see any holes in the system? Anything that looks shoddy? I don't really know too much about this stuff, so I don't know what questions I should prod the company with. I do know that the RAM is "major on third" which some sites claim is unreliable. Is it? And what other questions should I ask?

 

[TexRoadkill]

Looks like a decent system. You will want two HD's for the greatest track count. I'd would also make sure you get a mobo with Firewire just in case you want to use it in the future.

 

[eyeball kicks]

Yeah, I'm gonna get a firewire card fitted.

 

[Bulls Hit]

Don't get that P4PE mobo. It uses the old 845 chipset and doesn't support an 800Mhz fsb or your DDR400 ram.

Get the Asus P4P800 with the 865 chipset, or one of their 875 boards.

No point building a new machine on old technology

 

[eyeball kicks]

So this company is offering a pre-built workstation in which the components don't match each other? I think I might have to look elsewhere.