About 3 months ago I built my first computer ever. Asus A8V deluxe, AMD 3500+, 1 gb of ddr400, ATI 9800 128mb. This thing rips. I am not a computer guy by any means. I'm a drummer who like to record his music. I can get 32+20 on a "Davec" test with out trying. Lets see what a G5 can do. Back about 2.5 to 3 years ago I bought a machine from DAWBOX it was a good box but I paid for it. I've got less than a grand in this new one plus I learned alot about putting together a computer. Mr Potato Head basically.