I use a similar chain that works well for me:
-Shure M97 HiFi Needle on Technics 1210
-Cambridge Audio 640P Phono Preamp (no DJ mixer)
-RME Multiface Soundcard
-Samplitude recording software

playing the resulting digital copy from CDR actually sounded better in clubs cause it avoided the bad needles/ inferior preamp stage, going straight to a line level channel.