The Linus Tech Tips youtube channel recently had a series about making a gaming machine from some old $65 Dell machine they got from ebay. By the end of it the thing cost them less than $500 and it would easily be enough for audio production. It's worth checking out. I was almost inspired to replace my cheese-grater MacPro for something similar and so much smaller, but, the aluminum it's made of is worth more than you can sell them for and I'd be loosing money, CPU cores and firewire I/O for all my "ancient" gear.
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