Studio gear

audio technica at 2020 ******
$120 new
$90 fact refurb

focusrite scarlet 2i4

studio monitors:
5″ pretty standard for good price

like presonus r65 AMT studio monitor (not a multimedia speaker)
$500
watch ebay and get a great deal

headphones
audio technica ath m40x *****
ATH M50 *****

akai midi keyboard akai makes excellent midi keyboards

look for CUs second hand
usally outlasty motherboard and other components
try to make sure it comes with a cooler

RipJaw 64.00 16 GB RAM

raidz1 gopod as default

zedfs built in compression

vdev cache
arc cache

unify switch