Computer for reaper

I hope this is the right forum. I've done some searching around too, but couldn't find much pertaining to this exact system I'm looking at. Anyways..The store I normally deal with an have an account with, has this system which is in my price range.. Can a few of you guys take a peek and let me know if this is decently do-able to run reaper for some serious recording/reliability and etc. I'm thinking of getting the firepod or something similar.

Voxxy, Click the 'studiocat' link in Jim's signature and check out some of his work.

I just clicked, and it's a sales site for computers. Is this for real? I thought I was just being given helpful advice, and hopefully maybe get pointed to a specs thread. And now someones trying to sell me a computer? Wow.

Voxxy, I wasn't implying you had to 'buy' a computer from Jim's site, I thought you could glean some ideas from the specs and get an idea of what was needed. If you took offense, please accept my apology.

Ok.. Fair enough. No worries. Thanks for the help there Ted. I'll factor all this stuff in.

Hi voxxy. welcome to the forums. If you build this computer you will have a ton of power. I had Best Byte in whitby build this computer for me. It was around $1100 cdn and came with a 1 year warranty. Smoking machine! Click on the link to see the parts.

Ok, just looking at the specs on Jim site again. Whats with the p35 chipset? Is that a big deal with Reaper?

Thanks Jim. Just wondering where the UAD compatability comes into the picture. I'm planning on using a firepod. I'm not really familiar with the UAD thing.

No, haven't got the firepod yet. I've got the waves gold bundle. I'll check out the UAD stuff. I thought you were referring to a card of some sort, not plug-ins. Now it makes sense to me. lol

Listen to Jim, even if you buy from someone else. A computer that is not a purpose-made DAW is a crapshoot for audio, regardless of specs. Do not buy a computer unless it comes with a return policy, and test it thoroughly with demanding multitrack projects. (unless it's guaranteed to work for audio from a reputable DAW builder). In audio, low-level system latency is critical, make or break. And even some brand-new multicores fail in that regard. You might get lucky, but you might get burned. And nobody guarantees DPC latency performance, except places like Studio Cat. Microscopic performance hiccups are invisible in regular office use and even gaming, but they will cause real-time multitrack audio to have glitches and dropouts that ruin your tracks. Before you buy a soundcard+computer, check Vista compatibility. Vista is still not quite ready for prime time when it comes to audio. Some people have it working great, other people not so much. And not all soundcards have Vista-supported drivers. XP is still the standard OS for Win audio. Quiet operation is massively important if you will be recording in the same room as your computer. The quality of your mics, preamps, and plugins hardly matters if you're recording next to droning fans and grinding hard disks. You CAN get lucky with a non-audio-specific PC, but there is no way to know until you actually test the individual computer, since manufacturers change components all the time, and even something as innocuous as a different DVD drive can screw up your firewire or DPC latency.