Note that Poser can only render in 4 threads, so if you're really keen on Poser then there's no point in considering more than 4 cores, although other apps can make use of more cores. I thought 4 cores was the current limit. Did you mean to say 2 cores? What would be the specs for your dream system, pjz99? (which I suspect you already own.)

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