I am happy to say that after doing a ton of searching, I found a computer that works well for my Hauptwerk needs. Here are the specs, I don't think it can be beat for $700:
Operating System:Windows 7 Professional English 64bit (Includes Windows 10 Pro License)
Processor: 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz)
Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2)
Hard Drive: 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD R9 360 2GB GDDR5
Optical Drive: Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
I/O Ports
Front - (2) USB 3.0, 5:1 Multi-Card Reader, (1)Audio Combo Jack
Rear - Line in/out and Microphone Port, (1) VGA, (1) HDMI out, (4) USB 2.0, Network Port, DC power
DIMM Slot: 2 UDIMM Slots
Sound Card: Integrated 5.1 Channel with Wave MaxxAudio Pro (Windows)
Wireless: 802.11bgn + Bluetooth 4.0, 2.4 GHz, 1x1
Keyboard: Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Black
Mouse: Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black
Dimensions: 350mm x 154mm x 282.6mm / 13.78” x 6.06” x 11.13
Starting Weight: 7.4kg / 16.5lbs
Monitor: Not included
Speakers: Not Included
The only thing I don't like about it? I should say *didn't* like about it is that it comes with a bunch of worthless virus scanning software and background programs that suck out processing speed. It was making Hauptwerk do funny things.
Got rid of it and didn't have a problem! If you're in this position I recommend googling "processes I don't need control alt delete" and then go to add remove programs and knock out stuff you don't care for Don't need virus stuff because I am not connecting it to the internet, so that's my virus prevention Don't need background programs because I didn't buy this computer for anything but Hauptwerk.
Operating System:Windows 7 Professional English 64bit (Includes Windows 10 Pro License)
Processor: 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz)
Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2)
Hard Drive: 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD R9 360 2GB GDDR5
Optical Drive: Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
I/O Ports
Front - (2) USB 3.0, 5:1 Multi-Card Reader, (1)Audio Combo Jack
Rear - Line in/out and Microphone Port, (1) VGA, (1) HDMI out, (4) USB 2.0, Network Port, DC power
DIMM Slot: 2 UDIMM Slots
Sound Card: Integrated 5.1 Channel with Wave MaxxAudio Pro (Windows)
Wireless: 802.11bgn + Bluetooth 4.0, 2.4 GHz, 1x1
Keyboard: Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Black
Mouse: Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black
Dimensions: 350mm x 154mm x 282.6mm / 13.78” x 6.06” x 11.13
Starting Weight: 7.4kg / 16.5lbs
Monitor: Not included
Speakers: Not Included
The only thing I don't like about it? I should say *didn't* like about it is that it comes with a bunch of worthless virus scanning software and background programs that suck out processing speed. It was making Hauptwerk do funny things.
Got rid of it and didn't have a problem! If you're in this position I recommend googling "processes I don't need control alt delete" and then go to add remove programs and knock out stuff you don't care for Don't need virus stuff because I am not connecting it to the internet, so that's my virus prevention Don't need background programs because I didn't buy this computer for anything but Hauptwerk.