Personally, I'm with MikeJ on building, but if your time isn't worth it then a package is fine, too.  I just (over the holidays) built a new system based on a Core 2 Duo E8400 with an MSI MoBo, 8 GB DDR2 1066 RAM, GeForce 9800 GTX+ video, and a 1 terebyte HDD running on Vista 64 BIT OS.  Threw in case with 650 W PS, and a Blu-ray DVD player (burns all but Blu-ray), and a super powered CPU cooling fan.  All was under $1000 at NewEgg.com.

But this brings up my next issue - I was going to start a new thread but it seems to fit in this discussion.  How do I use all this power in Poser?  I am looking to tweak my Firefly render engine to speed things up a bit, but I don't understand the settings well enough to know what to mess with...

With no tweaks at all, a 64-bit render (in the "background" in poser pro) is a little faster, but I'd have to use a timer to tell how much - so far not a lot.  Would like to hear anyone's thoughts on using high-end power with Poser!

Paul