Ok well i'v been saving my cash and Im close 2 getting enough money for a new computer. First off the reason why i need this computer is so i can record vocals in my own home studio type thing. But obviously i need a computer... ok well the first computer i just looked at on the apple website... and this is its...details...


$2,499.00

Dual-core 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 processor

1.15GHz frontside bus per processor

1MB L2 cache per core

512MB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200)

250GB Serial ATA hard drive

16x SuperDrive (double-layer)

Three open PCI-Express expansion slots

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB GDDR SDRAM

and I dont think this comes with a monitor....

but the second one i was looking at... my friend just gave me a lsit of all these things 2 buy and the prices.... these are the details...

Thermaltake soprano silver with 430W PSU
2.0GB TWINX-3200C2(400MHz) DDR RAM Corsair
Logitech USB Premium Headset 350
Power supply SkyHawk GM-520SC(true 520W) Max Peak 590W (ATX) with Audi
BENQ FP91G+ 19 inkch LCD 550:1 SilverBlack monitor 8ms DVI
Logitech Z4 2.1 Speakers System
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platnum
Western Digital 250G SATALL 7200 rpm hdd(16mb cache)
Logiteck desktop S510 Media Remote USB- Retail pack
Pioneer DVR-111D 16x DVD-/=R/RW Dual layer(OEM Beige)(no software)
XFX GeForce 7600GS Xtreme XXX Edition 256meg Dual DVI PCI-E(500Mhz)
ASUS A8N-SLI-SE nForce4 SLI HT2000 DDR400GbLAN Socket 939 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 643700+ Processor Retail (939)

this computer all came 2... $2481

ok well I have no idea what one i should get... can i please have any suggestions... or even another suggestion other than these 2.... thanks for your help

ohh yeah and i live in australia just so you know about the prices and stuff.... i was also thinking i should maybe just give u the details of my comptuer now... i know its crap but yea it might help if u think i cna up grade it, cuz it could be cheaper or sumthing.. who knows im jsut tryna give as much information as I can 2 get some feedback for help... sorry if i seem rude or anything... i really apreciate help thanks...

these are the details of my computer now...

Pentium(r) 4 CPU 2.40Ghz
1.82Ghz, 256 MB of RAM... i know its not alot of information but thats all i know what i have at the moment sorry.... but thanks for the help lol...peace.. jared

If you're getting a 6600, upgrade to the 6600GT instead. Not much of a price difference but a HUGE performance contrast.