Good for price?

[delgado]

I found this computer for $999 on Costco.com: * Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor at 2.66GHz
* 8MB L2 Cache
*
6GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz

Drives:

* 750GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drive
* 16X DVD+/-RW Drive

Graphics & Video:

*

No Monitor
*

256MB ATI Radeon HD 3650

Communications:

* Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet

Audio:

* Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

Keyboard & Mouse:

* Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard
* Dell 2-Button Optical Mouse

Slots:

* PCIe x 1: 3 slots
* PCIe x 16: 1 slot

Front Ports:

* Optical drive
* Mini (4 pin) IEEE1394
* Headphone port
* Microphone/Line-In port
* 19-in-1 Card Reader
* 4 USB 2.0 ports

Rear Ports:

*
IEEE1994
*
RJ45 10/100/1000 Network port
*
Back L/R Surround connector
*
Center/Subwoofer connector
*
Line-In connector
*
Front L/R Line-Out connector
*
Microphone connector
*
Side L/R surround connector
*
4 USB 2.0 ports
*
eSata
*
S/PDIF connector

Drive Bays:

* Three 3.5": (two internal, 1 external)
* Two 5.25"
* Memory DIMM: 6 slots available

[sw rec]

What kind of motherboard/which chipset?

If you plan on using it for Pro Tools (which interface?) you'll need a secondary hard drive. There's room in there for one.
It might be cheaper to "roll your own" than buy a pre-assembled unit, though.....
At least that way you can put in the parts you know will play well together.

[delgado]

The Mbox 2. Thanks for the reply.

[albee1952]

I would think it would work as I think the X58 is the only i7 compatible motherboard chipset(but I am not positive on that). In any case, +1 for a second hard drive(I would get a smaller/cheaper drive and clone the system drive to it so your OS and software is all on the smaller drive). The one thing that has me concerned is; the RAM appears to be slow. I run 1333 and wish I had gone with the 1600 or faster. Look on the back and make sure the video port is in one of the expansion slots and not integrated onto the motherboard.