Hi Luca I recommend keeping an eye out for the recent AMD CPU price drop to affect system prices - so soon you can get more bang for your Euro! Frederic Louget recommend's AMDs over Intels and I agree that dual core AMDs +2Gb RAM is the best budget way to go. (Dual Dual-CPUs even better!) up to your spending limit. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29195 http://renderfred.free.fr/ (see Benchmarks) With Win 64-bit & Vista (end of this year apparently), the n the it will be worth going over 2Gb. Kind regards