[nicfit]

I'm in the market for a decent/bang for the bucks machine to work with, nothing superspecial, just something that can handle multitrack stuff "extracted" from my digital hard disk recorder, some mixing, some fruity loops etc. etc.
I figured I'd be better off with a pc + decent sound card because I never used a mac and I think it's a bit harder to fetch a good one at good prices, while I can build a pc piece by piece taking stuff from different stores etc etc...I'm dead tired, hope it's all clear enough...

SO, if anyone has suggestions ( "ideal" setup + suggested software, freeware or not), I'll be grateful. In the meantime I'll keep on googlin' for infos and stuff.