Building my PC need some help...

[bigdrew3000]

Yo Im trying to have me a custom PC built soon but I need some advice on what processors and Sound cards too look into. I know I want a PCI soundcard but not too sure on what kind of processor. I already know I need RAM atleast 1 GB and prolly gonna get a HD round 100 GB or highercus it seems to be cheaper the higher you go. Any suggestions though would be lovely. Thanks.

[Avalon]

get what you can afford...and if you cant afford something...keep savin until you can...

Pentium 4 3GHz with Hyperthreading Technology
ASUS motherboard w/ Intel chipset
1GB Corsair DDR333 PC2700 Memory
80GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive (Extra Quiet Glyph Audio Drive)
Sony 16x DVD+/-R(RW) Drive (Extra Quiet)
NVidia FX5200 Dual Monitor 8x 128MB Video Card
Windows XP Professional Edition (Optimized for Audio Production)

I built my computer and those are my specs...about $600...and that entry level right there...you can go bigger...but you'll need a bigger budget...

[Geobass]

It difficult to answer your question without knowing what software you plan on running. You don't want to dump cash into a system only to find out that your software won't run on it.

[bigdrew3000]

^^^ yea true shoulda added that. Well my main workflow right now is FL Studio and maybe Cool Edit and Acid Pro depending on what Im doing. I also want my Sound card to have midi support to hook up a controller. So I def wanna minimize latency as much as I can. So besides thoughs programs and various VST plug ins thats what Im gonna be working with. Im prolly lookin at about a 600-700 dolla budget. Hope that helps a bit

[High Fidelity]

-> amd athlon64 3000+ Venice (and than overclock it to 4000+)
-> 1gb Twinmos Ram DDr-400
-> western digital 250gb
-> asus a8v
-> terratec phase 22
-> geforce 4mx

thats great and i think it fits to ya limit

[bigdrew3000]

Ahh Thanks HF mayne. Ima look into all those products. I may be able to even get them a little cheaper because of who is building my computer. Thanks again homie.

[High Fidelity]

naw problem ; because I think once should buy quality

[*theunknown*]

Check da link out below it maybe uzeful.

http://www.tweakheadz.com/tweaking_y..._computer.html

[Youngburks]

Try the intel core duo 2

[StylezInfinite]

Sorry to change the subject but, this seemed like the best thread to ask this question: My wife just bought my son an mp3 player and I wanted to download some music for him and I have no idea what I'm doing. Any info on free sights would be greatly appreciated. Once again I would like to apologize to you all but, it seemed like the best place to ask seeing that this was a software/hardware question. Peace in not out!