Music Recording PC

ok so I want a seperate computer for my upcoming home recording studio. It's not going to be much but I want the cheapest PC that can be made that can handle recording. I'm going to get a small mixer to run all my instruments/mics through. Any suggestions?

The one you have listed would do just fine for what you want to do. It's a dual core even if it is an older one. I have the same processor and I do some video and music processing, it works fine.



You might add another gig of ram and a much larger hard drive, but other than that it's a decent system.



You could up your processor depending on if it's a AM2 chip or not.



Now if you wanted to do some serious gaming I would build a whole new system.

But here are a few suggestions.

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128059


Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115030


CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145177


EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130085


Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136073

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106072


Thats just a quick pick, you would need to pick a case and add an operating system, but what I picked was around $573 U.S. Add about $200 more for the OS and case and you would have a decent system for what you want to do.

Oh yeah, you would want to add a good sound card, add an extra $200 for that. Then you would want a good monitor, $400- $800 extra for that, depending on how big you want to go.

Your current computer is a fine one for what you want to do...

Well I know the PC I have now will do fine but I would like to keep it in the comfort of my bedroom and the comfy chair that accompanies it.

How much do you want to spend?

probably no more than $300. I already have a hard drive.

Tight budget..



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116037

CPU



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128033

MOBO



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127210

GFX



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817174019

PSU



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145525

RAM



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147067

CASE



Total (with rebates) - $294.40