I just upgraded the studio computer......It took me a few weeks to build....let me know what you think and share what the specs are on your computer.
MSI Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel DuoCore Quad Q9400 Processor
Corsair 4GB DDR2 PC8500 RAM
(3) 500GB Seagate SATA Internal Hard Drives
300GB Western Digital External Hard Drive
PNY XLR8 GeForce 9800GT 1GB Video Card
M-Audio USB Mobile Pre External Sound Card
EMU 1212M PCI Internal Sound Card
Digidesign MBox 2 for Protools
OCZ 600W Power Supply
Old system was a P4 w/ 1GB of RAM way out dated.
You can see my actual studio setup on pg. 30 of Show Your Setup.
What's the fan noise out of that setup?
One of the reasons I got the mac was because I could never a high powered pc setup running quiet enough not to irritate me when I'm working on music & the mac pro is whisper quiet.