Essentially, I've got a couple of real options here, I'm wondering which one would make a better PC DAW running SCOPE Pro and Cubase SX 4, audio, midi and VST on XP Pro, 32-bit:
1. Buy USED HP XW8000 -- around $1100
Base XW8000/Case/MB/PSU/DVD-Rom with 2 x Xeon 3.zGhz/1MB L3/533FSB
4GB DDR RAM PC2100 ECC 533MHz
Nvidia FX3000 dual display 8x AGP
SCSI 10K RPM HDDs on U320 (RAID) controller
450w power supply
-all the usual bits an pieces
2. Buy and BUILD Asus P5N-E SLI Socket 775 -- under $1500
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz/8MB L2/1066FSB
4GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz
Nvidia FX 1400 dual PCIe
SATA3 7,200 RPM HDDs on 3GB-capable SATA II (RAID) controller
600w power supply
all the usual bits and pieces
Which one would be a better bet?
Thanks!