really REALLY need ot get back to art, sigh
been very extermely crappy past 3 years or so, and got too much for me hence not been around. not by choice, but by necessity :(

Anyway both my PCs died almost at same time, really putting spanner in works , ugh
I was budgetting for replacing one PC this year, and hopefully upgrading my CS4 Extended to CS6 extended, but, that's all went to buggery :P
"Best laid schemes..." no damn kidding!! hehe

So thanks ot the family new art PC is getting built and I HOPE, need, to get back to creating

Motherboard- ASUS P8Z68-deluxe/Rev3
CPU- Intel i7-2600k
Case: Coolermaster HAF-X
RAM- 16 gig RAM, 1800 Corsair
Video- Nvidia 450GTS 2gigs ram
Hard Drive- 2 TB HD
Optical drive- Samsung Sh-B123L DVD BLue-Ray writer
PSU- Corsair Modular 850 TXM

expensive, ouch :( but about same price as my last Art rig.
Always worth it in the long run to buy good, durable tools, be they digital or steel.
 I'll slap my 3 drives form old art rig into it with all their data.

video cards, well I preffer to wait to the price drops and the board's size and power consumption drops way WAY down. freakin size and draw of the new ones is alway snuts, 3 years later and they are tiny and way more reliable!
ie not paying for big video card.

I love intel/ASUS combo, they always last (long as you dont leave the PC off for 6 months, lol)

need the big PSU since i'ts going to have 4 hard drives and one day will perhaps slap in new video card.

actually not using my old rig was what helped bring it down, as the CMOS battery drained :P
anyway it's motherboard was "finicky" and I needed ton more RAM anyway for the complex scenes I try and build, very off putting dealing with very slow loads etc of huge scene files. 
My attempt to save money on game rig was...well I should have been more "finicky" myself, lol, but art rig is built to spec at least, maybe get it by Friday :)

"I'd rather be a Fool who believes in Dragons, Than a King who believes in Nothing!" www.silverblades-suitcase.com
Free tutorials, Vue & Bryce materials, Bryce Skies, models, D&D items, stories.
Tutorials on Poser imports to Vue/Bryce, Postwork, Vue rendering/lighting, etc etc!