Which computer for digitizing and streaming?

Transferring vinyl to digital is a time consuming process. Count on each album taking at least 2x the playing time to convert. Realistically you will average 2 or 3 records per day.

Your setup should work fine. Things to consider are your recording sample rate, recording/editing software, whether you will use a software declicker, do you need sample rate conversion, are you recording as an album side or are you going to break down to individual songs and file format. Just be sure to back up all your files daily.

All appreciated Onhwy61 (great name). I've heard Vinyl Engine is good; any other recommendations?

I meant Vinyl Studio, not Vinyl Engine.

Keep recording separate from playback in your requirements. Once you have "ripped" your vinyl, go Mac if you want direct connected asynch USB DAC or get a Synology or QNAP NAS if you want to stream music via UPNP to something like an Auralic Aries.

Alot of users try to shut down or turn off non-essential progras running in the back ground of the computer. While I agree that any nonsese shouldn't even be installed (or remove when you buy it), so it doesn't even start up, I have found that a large number of users have puter problems they aren't even aware of (windows OS system issues), which greatly hinder performance (and eventually brick their rigs). I strongly suggest getting (you need to pay for them as the free ones identify but dont eridicate) a really good anti virus program AND separate malware program. Keep away from the popular commercial brands (mcafee/norton) and no one program is as good a 2 separate ones and sepnd a few hundred bucks on each (life time; cheapest thing you will ever buy for your rig) I like Panda - hey, being we get hacked by china...