Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Actually for Emulator X w/1820M + LIVE and maybe Cubase

I have a great 1.6 ghz Athlon PC (my first PC) built to top spec now
w/great power supply, cabling, etc but it is loud, the case is huge,
the ASUS mobo will accept max 1.8 ghz processor....seems more cost
worthy to repurpose it than tear it apart and install new mobo and
processor, and now I wonder why I paid $1200 for it - the parts will
far outlast it's usefulness - thus I am thinking cheap cheap prebuilt
for the next PC - if it falls apart by 1-2 years from now...it matters
not. 

I stumbled across this site - tips for music pc:

http://www.philrees.co.uk/pc4music/advice_pcguide.php

Phil Rees lists video memory as being the least important
consideration for a music PC





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "tttsystems@e..." <tttsystems@e...> wrote:
> Are you going to use this PC for sample playback, digital recording
or
> softsynths (high processing/drive loads) ?  Or just as a midi
controller or
> midi librarian ?  That would help in deciding.  It sometimes only
takes a
> small incremental amount of money to get a much better PC.....
> 
> Bob
> Corona/Riverside, CA