buying new DAW - who should I buy from?

[RichyRich]

The names mentioned thus far are...

studio cat (Jim)
ADK
Sonata

I was ready to go with this to purchase...
Intel Q9550 CPU on Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard, Zalman
CNPS9500 cooler
250GB Seagate SATA hard drive
500GB Seagate SATA hard drive
24X DVD-RW drive by Lite-On
4GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM (2 x 2GB)
Asus Silent GeForce 8400GS dual-head video card
Antec Take 4 650 case w/ 650 watt power supply
Windows XP Home installed and on CD

the company that I spoke with went under. Any Suggestions as to who I should buy from? I checked out StudioCat website but I'd prefer a rack mounted case and they don't seem to have. If I have to do without than I will. I am likely to get a whole different system altogether than the one listed above. I am open for suggestion and I am likely to a lot of faith in whoever builds this for me. thanks in advance. Rick

[Bops2000]

What you have listed, aside from software, looks to be about $800 in parts.
Windows xp pro OEM is about $130, choose wisely.

Just a thought from self

[RichyRich]

here is my initial statement to the DAW companies, explaining my intentions...

I’m looking to buy a new DAW. I'm a musician (drummer mostly) who jumped in to recording. I'm not a computer wiz - troubleshooting, when the need arises, is very painful. I’ve been using my home pc and decided to now buy a DAW dedicated to this stuff. This is only a hobby; I have no real aspirations to pursue anything. I just want to have fun and create a quality product.

I have a fragmented idea of what I want but need to have it fine tuned. I was ready to purchase from a competitor whom recently went out of business. He recommended you guys.

This information may be useless… but this is what I currently have...
Presonus FireStudio Project - 10 x 10 Firewire interface – 8 XMAX PreAmps
Cubase Studio 4
ToonTrack - EZ Drummer w/ Superior drummer 2.0 crossgrade and dfh Expansion -
VExpressions drummers dream for Roland TD12.
Behringer B2031A external monitors

I’d like a rack mounted case. Please recommend what you feel will be best for my application – recording rock and classic rock music via mostly live instruments - guitars, drums, vocals, etc..