Attached Link: CyberPowerPC

One in particular the affordable

Cyberpowerpc - Gamer Xtreme GXI250 Desktop Computer - Intel Core i3 i3-2100 3.10 GHz

Model: Gamer Xtreme GXI250
SKU: 4209591
8 GB RAM - 1 TB HDD - DVD-Writer - NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1 GB Graphics Card - Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium - HDMI Gamer Xtreme GXI250 Desktop Computer - Intel Core i3 i3-2100 3.10 GHz

at $668.99

various other models go all the way up to $1500, but this seems to have all that I need.   SO?  anybody ever bought one ?

pic attached, looks mighty cool too.

Yes, I have used 3 different machines by Cyberpower. Reliable and a lot of bang for the buck. Plus with New Egg... you get a hassle free purchase experience.

Right now I'm running on a water cooled AMD 6 core with 8 gigs of ram. Forget the video card number... it's a 2 gig ATI Vision of some sort. It's got 2 drives, a 650 GB content drive and a 1TB main drive. It's absolutely silent.

No bottle necks. Great Machine. Can't recommend them enough. 

Quote - Yes, I have used 3 different machines by Cyberpower. Reliable and a lot of bang for the buck. Plus with New Egg... you get a hassle free purchase experience.

Right now I'm running on a water cooled AMD 6 core with 8 gigs of ram. Forget the video card number... it's a 2 gig ATI Vision of some sort. It's got 2 drives, a 650 GB content drive and a 1TB main drive. It's absolutely silent.

 

No bottle necks. Great Machine. Can't recommend them enough. 

Thanks :)

I believe the i3s are only dual core, you really want atleast a quad core.

I run PP2012 on an i3 (all I could afford) and it runs just fine, no hiccups. Need to upgrade RAM, is all.

For Poser buy the best CPU possible.
Poser is pure math. It requires calculating power.
A 64 bit OS and RAM- RAM-RAM

The I3 is a Dual Core, Quad Thread Processor. While not the Fastest in the bunch... it would do pretty well with 8 gigs of Ram and would make an excellent choice. It's dangerous to overclock an I3... but I don't do that stuff anyway. It would handily out perform any single core you may have now. And it wouldn't cost you an arm and a leg either.

Obviously the more you buy... the better....but it's still obsolete in 2 weeks anyway.

Quote - The I3 is a Dual Core, Quad Thread Processor. While not the Fastest in the bunch... it would do pretty well with 8 gigs of Ram and would make an excellent choice. It's dangerous to overclock an I3... but I don't do that stuff anyway. It would handily out perform any single core you may have now. And it wouldn't cost you an arm and a leg either.

Obviously the more you buy... the better....but it's still obsolete in 2 weeks anyway.

Thanks Mac. I tend to buy older technology only because the cutting-edge stuff is priced accordingly. I'm on a limited budget. Poser is a hobby. Daddy and Mommy... well, they're not an option, and the spousal unit is ever so hard to convince.

So, you go with what you can afford.

I'm saving up for RAM. I've got 4 gig. I want 8. Need to save up. I've been doing a lot of overtime - maybe I can use some of that... maybe.