I have a dilema. My setup at the moment is a :- P4 @ 3GHZ, 2 x 130GB HDD, 1.5GB RAM, EMU 1820 Soundcard, and a decent graphics card. I use Ableton Live for my sequencer.

The thing is when ime working on a track in Live and ive got lots of FX and VSTs on the go the CPU meter regularly goes over a 100% and causes audio glitches. So anyway.....my question is do i go for a Dual Core machine, or do i go for a dedicated Hardware DSP card like the Powercore or something.

Any help would be appreciated as i know bugger all about either system.