Pakled, some things don't need the fastest, latest, tech. Does the latest red-hot graphics card the gamers are buying make any difference for 3-D work? Lots of graphics RAM, that makes a difference for Poser. Does hardware acceleration? There's a bit that can be saved there (and a graphics card can be upgraded later). And what about other render engines? Think about expansion -- spare drive slots in the case, buy two big memory modules instead of four small ones, that sort of thing.