i still have my old trusty P4 2.4ghz (6years old) and it still does me fine, but due to a heat sink comming unglued and a memory stick giving up (all now fixed,and replaced)im now thinking on a Q6600 and P7Pro as im thinking it will be at least 6 to 8 times faster at rendering (4 cores doing 4 times as fast and 64bit doubling that) or am i wrong???? i will find this out soon as im saving up before this 'puter blows something vital

oh and never have a heat sink come unglued (not the processor one) as its not easy finding something that will glue and have good thermal properties.....

Getting old and still making "art" without soiling myself, now that's success.