by the time summer gets here, most of this current equipment will probably be obsolete. I guess the most general answer is to get the most you can afford. ie. ram, hard drive, graphics card (poser doesn't utilize it yet, but it's just good to have a high end graphics card for the future. Computer technology is moving very fast, so try to get the highest cpu speed you can afford. I would recommend customizing a PC instead of buying an already built computer package, then you can choose exactly what you want.