as a result of other 3d progs that i have that either stand alone or compliment poser i'm gonna go with 2 1.7 p4's --- 2 60 gig hard drives --- a 64 meg oxygen vid card --- raid controllers --- and at least a gig of ram --- etc and make this a seperate workstation to connect to the one i got ... if anyone knows of additional hardware that will enhance the out put let me know ... again i appriciate the excellent info i get from here