The best thing to do is to go the manufactures site that you are purchasing the program that will play your music. More than likly it is PCDJ, heres the link to the newest version of PCDJ
http://www.pcdj.com/support/systemreq.asp#fx . They are also selling custom machines that works with their software, thats what I am going to go with.
Heres the specs for PCDJ FX / KJ
Intel Pentium III
750 MHz Processor or above
128 MB of RAM or above (512 Recommended)
DirectX 9 / Windows Media 9 drivers
Windows 2000 or XP
CD-Rom Drive
16 Bit Graphics Card (800x600 minimum)
Direct X Compatible Sound Card or a Windows compatible Sound Card
Recommended Specifications
1 Gighrtz Machine (Pentium or AMD)
512 DDR RAM
60 gig or bigger hard drive
WDM compatible soundcard with dual output
Win 2000 Pro or XP pro
Direct X 9
Windows media player 9
64bit Video card (dual head - Karaoke/video)
Heres the link for PCDJ's custom stuff. Looks awesome, sounds awesome and the hardware is pretty good stuff. I am going to be using an odessy case,the same kind that I use for my mixer and cd player, to house a 17" lcd (hopefullytouch screen) racmount monitor as well as the PC2U-17 (PC2U-17 specs
2U high and 17.25 inches deep - fits in an amplifier rack
Four drive spaces - two 51/4 and two 31/2.·
Two PCI slots, one empty for you use.
2 Models - Single 80 Gig hard drive or dual 80 Gig hard drives (1 internal and 1 removable), CD ROM, and Floppy Disk drive The second hard drive is removable and can be used for file transfers and backups·
List Price : Single HD model $1,625
List Price : Dual HD Model $1,825 ). It will be kick butt when it is done! Can't wait, should be completed in May/June! I'll take pics and post them on my site when it is completed. Total cost is estimated around $2200 - $2300.
Andy