Help me spec a new music pc

[spoony77]

Hi people

I've been asked to put together a pc for a friend to use as a music station he wants to make and modify his own music. He has given me a budget of £550 he wants a 19" tft if possible for this price too.
He doesnt need speakers but a good soundcard and will play no games whatsoever on this machine.
He needs good audio input capabilities obviously.

What do you guys reccomend?

Any advice much appreciated

 

[Curio]

You would probably have more luck in the Sound City forum - maybe a kindly Don will move it for you

 

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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£98.64
Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£52.82
OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£46.94
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£56.34
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£32.84
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL)
£140.94
Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£46.94

Total inc VAT: £475.46

Unless you want to go down the sempron route, it's tough to get a decent 19" into that budget. Great sound card though. Mobo has onboard graphics.