Reading Kerwin's rig specs makes me feel like I live in the stone ages, LOL!

Though, I tend to think I run a very tight system, very tweaked to benefit my resources and workflow.

I'm putting along with a AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core 2.5 GHz, 8GB Ram and 64 bit Vista, Dual monitors with GeForce GTS 450.

The above is kind of OT but like many, I'm also on a budget and I have to save up for things, consider that I have a family to take care of and budget out the things I want.  Do I need a bad a$$ed, souped-up rig?  No.  Would I like one... Absolutely!

I think anyone can pick up a fairly decent rig in the $300-$400 price range that is competent with running Poser or DS if they look around (look at places like TigerDirect, NewEgg or heck even Amazon).  Avoid on-board video (on-board sound is usually "ok") and keep in mind that you can cannibalize some of your old parts (keyboard, mouse, monitor, video card if yours is decent, etc.).  I'm likely to do a CPU/MB/RAM combo and just put it together that way when the next upgrade comes around.  I made a HUGE mistake of buying a put-together machine (branded) and I should have known better.  Just the pain of removing all kinds of trial crap is worth not dealing with that experience again.  Once I gutted it all out, things were good though. :)

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