What do you think of this pc for making music?

Standard Specification:

CPU: NEW! Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.5Ghz

CPU Cooler: NEW! Xigmatek HDT-S963

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Motherboard: NEW! Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 2GB)

Hard Drives: 500GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA

Graphics card: NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 1GB

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio

Keyboard: Logitech Deluxe 250 Keyboard

Mouse: Logitech Optical Wheel USB Mouse

Monitors: 22" Widescreen LCD

Case: Piano Black ATX

PSU: 400W Xigmatek

Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Warranty

http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/-b-NEW-b-Sandyfoot-i5-2500K-OC-4-5Ghz-120p1055.htm

it's a PC.

it'll do.

edit: just saw that it's a Piano Black coloured case. this is completely unacceptable for 28bit audio, so you're pretty much fucked.

AVOID

you may want to consider a dedicated sound card instead of onboard audio

  On 7/8/2011 at 3:14 PM, Jonas said:

It will do indeed, though I've seen much sharper deals in shops around here, but they don't include a monitor in the set-up. I'd get an i7 and put the Os on one of those fast flash drives, additional hd's for all other crap and definitely get more than 4 gig ram in it, also I'd check the noise level of the fans as you don't want a hoover in your studio.

while i know you mean well, i think a lot of that stuff (SSD primary disk drive, i7 CPU) is completely superfluous for a PC based music rig. especially if it's bedroom antics, like most of us here are doing.

i know a few guys here, and one or two artists that are signed to prolific labels that manage just fine on systems that are way way conservative compared to what you're talking about.

i7 and SSD drives are suitable for an awesome fucking gaming rig. not really cost effective for a music rig though.

I'll be using my Focusrite Saffire 6 USB card for sound unless I can install my old M-Audio PCI card in it. I thought the spec looked pretty powerful for the money i.e. overclocked processors all running at 4.5ghz and 4 of them!! Well what else would you guys recommend bearing in mind I can get something between £500-600 but which needs to include a flat screen with it. Cheers.

maybe a midi controller, i have a behringer bcr2000 but i never use it

It's an okay deal, and good for audio, sure. I got a new 22" 1080p monitor for 160eu, a Radeon 5770 video card for 100eu, 1TB harddisk 50eu, i5 2500K cpu+mobo+ 4gb ram 250eu, new soundcard 100eu.. and I reused my existing case. that's 560eu without the case, and you're getting something with better specs. go for it.

edit: hah wait, I thought I read i7.. well it's still a good deal considering you're getting it as a package + case.

  On 7/8/2011 at 3:14 PM, Jonas said:

also I'd check the noise level of the fans as you don't want a hoover in your studio.