I know what your saying! I just got back on-line myself. Having to learn my way around Poser Pro 2010 (last I had was Poser 6) and trying to unpack 3 external hard-drvies worth of Ten years + of Poser/3D Max content. I got the net paint program so I can do some 2D work, but nothing good for animation/avi work yet. Please drop me a line if you have any ideas. p.s. Great pic!

The system looks really good and quite future proof (for a reasonable time)- my words would be - DUAL MONITORS are an absolute MUST HAVE item for any artist. Great image as always - excellent pose and composition.

Wow hehe biiiiiiiiiig computer hehe almost scarry! hehe Does it wash and iron as well? And don't´roll your eyes one me... it probably does and you never asked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Now the image.. I love it.. I remember your old ones with white back.. simply perfect!!!

If your investing in a serious machine i'd advise a better/bigger SSD drive. Go for a SATA III (6Gb/s) drive (500MB/sec reading speed!), your motherboard can handle it. Also 30GB is not much if you install Windows 7 + some programs. I run a OCZ Vertex3 120GB and it's more than half full with just windows + programs (not extremely much) and that is without the Poser Runtime (it's on a bigger mechanical HD). Haha, a big Runtime on a big SSD and Poser would really fly!!

Because I've many evenings enjoyed your art for free... I've built computers for a few years now. Everytime is a learning experience, because the technology keeps changing. Here's the benefit of a little research tonight: - Intel processors are still faster than AMD in benchmarks like Anandtech, enough so to justify the price. The Core i7 you're looking at is very good and priced just below the level where Intel gets stupid expensive for very little additional gain. $340USD. Core i7 give you 8 logical cores (hyperthreaded) for faster processing over the cheaper Core i5 that is just 4 actual cores. - Gigabyte is a reputable motherboard manufacturer and that one has had good review at the $150USD level. It's Ivy Bridge, which is the most recent chipset from Intel. - More memory is better for rendering and memory is cheap right now. That motherboard has 4 memory slots, so you are looking at either 16gb or 32gb. DDR3 1600 is very standard speed now. They don't mention the brandname on the memory and I would recommend someone reputable for that. Memory errors often do cause bluescreens and other crashes. Kingston, Corsair, and Crucial are all good brands. I've run some GSkill memory, as well. Should be $95USD for 16gb. 32gb is about $200USD (that's changed since I shopped last). - I've been won over on solid state drives (SSD). They are expensive, but it's the biggest performance gain I've seen in years for the overall system. You gain performance in every application by getting Windows and its swap file onto an SSD. If you can swing it, the 256gb drives are better, shown to write data much faster than the 128gb versions. Definitely go SATA3, as these SSDs can actually push data that fast, unlike a hard drive. The great brand when I bought mine was OCZ Vertex with 500mb/second reads and writes. Others may have caught up by now. Price is about $220USD. Windows and your everyday use apps will probably fill it about 75% full. - 256gb SSD is not a lot of storage, so you'll want a traditional hard drive for storing all your files. That takes a little management, but the SSD speed is worth it. Hard drives are not as cheap as they once were, but 1 terrabyte will only set you back about $100USD. 2 terrabytes about twice that. Go 7200rpm for speed. Western Digital and Seagate are the main manufacturers here. - That Gigabyte video card looks nice and it's gotten great reviews. It's expensive at $525USD. Great for games, but I wonder if rendering will use it that intensively; possibly in modeling, but not in rendering. Most people go with the GTX670 version of that card, which is almost as fast and $125USD less. - Make sure the case has good, big fans on it. Rendering is one of the few things that will still peg the needle on a modern processor. All four hyperthreaded cores humming and generating a lot of heat. Keep the fans clear, not back in a cubby hole. Cases with a big fan blowing out the top seem to cool better. The case I fell in love with on my last build is the Silverstone Raven RV02 for superior cooling and lower noise. $170USD. The Antec 900 series is also good. Some people are into water cooling, which is quieter and a little more effective than just moving air, but the cost goes up quite a bit. I've never found it cost effective. - I should mention the power supply, because that's another place system builders skimp with a cheap, comes-with-the-case unit and cause systems that are less stable than they should be. A really good brand is Corsair for power supplies. They've been rock solid for a few years now. My wattage calculator says you need at least 543 watts to power what you have there. I'd recommend the 850watt which should run about $175USD. Anyway, hope all of this is helpful and not too confusing. You'll love the new computer, whatever you do. Remember it's the thing in your house you use more than anything but your bed, so spend whatever it takes to make you giggle.

Those tech specs by and large are as good as they get on the Ivy Bridge platform. I've personally found that Poser doesn't really take much advantage of GPU power though, it seems more a CPU thing.

Quite sexy!