Thanks for the replies.
I am looking at harddrives no less that a 7200rpm. Is sata and ata is one better than the other?

Well I will also be doing audio recording.
Yes I am looking at one with FireWire port as I hope the get the Presonas firepod.
What about OS. For music, Windows xp or windows home?


OH and how do I judge for myself interms of motherboards?

[This message has been edited by to the genesys (edited 02-17-2006).]