cool, me next! I was thinking of getting this Intel Xeon X5345 - 2.33 GHz RAM : 4 GB Nvidia Quadro FX3450 or Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 2.4 GHz RAM : 2 GB Nvidia Quadro FX1700 Both are around the same price and both have rather small HDs (160GB) although i have an external HD for now. Which is better for render times? I assume the FX3450 is the better graphics card, but i'm pretty clueless about all this. :headbang: