computer sugestion request

http://www.adkproaudio.com/choose2.asp This site makes gear you should review.

im not sure you can buy a computer from adk that's going to be anything less than a grand.
are you handy at building your own ?
you can build a nice computer for around 600 bucks that will run sonar x2 really nice.
a 6 core amd phenom 2 / 8 gigs of ram / a mobo,ram,cpu combo is like under 200 bucks.
Intel will set you back in price, I use both but find little difference besides occasional loading times.
 a cheap video card like an entry level NVidia with dual DVI monitors
so you can run 2 monitors will cost about 60 bucks.
a silent case 100.00
shock mount silent fans,25 bucks.
and the hd another 100.00 (a Solid State Drives (SSD)
watch a few of these vids and see if its something you think you can do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TVqlgQeto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-hkfdPYy4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8LlaZTSXRc

I've built many of these daw's that run great running sonar, both x1 and x2.
as well as Cubase, ableton live and other daw's.

+ 1 on the suggestions above, but I think all of them are out of your price range.  And building a computer - well, if you can do it you can save some big money.

For a computer and recording novice just buy the best computer you can.  I've had success w/ SONY and HP.  Both put extraneous programs but you can just delete those or leave 'em on - most computers today aren't slowed by them.
 
Get a desktop and buy a second hard drive for it.  These are easy to install.  Run SONAR from C: drive and stream your music from the 2nd hard drive  That is the most important upgrade you can do. 

The other thing to budget for is a music interface.  You'll be much happier w/ a slower computer using a proper interface than a faster computer using the onboard card, which is next to useless for music.

Later, if you want, you can upgrade the computer and install all the extra hardware in it - video card for two monitors, extra drive, etc.

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+1 to Chuckebaby.
Kaylen, I just finished my first build.
I went a little over your budget but I did it over a few weeks so I didn't have to come up with all the money in one shot.

Once I had all the components, I had it all assembled and up and running with OS installed in a few hours.

Mike   

gswitz


http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12491 I liked this link for general info, although it was a little old. These DAW builders are mentioned in the article. ADK, Rain or PC Audio Labs

Small world. The author of that article, Chris Ludwig, is the ADK rep that I ordered my system through. Even though I'm in electronics, I decided to have them build me a system. Just don't have the time, and when I do I'd rather being playing!
 
Walt