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*Warning* I'm traditionally an Nvidia, and Intel Person, that aside read on,
Honestly I would most defiantly spring for the Intel Q6600 Processor. Its a low end quad core, but so far In my opinion Intel's most stable quad core, plus its cheap. its running 150.00 - 200.00 USD, and thats for a 2.4GHz Quad (so 9.6 Ghz Total)
I would also recommend that you buy a full size case. Yes it costs a little more in price and shipping, but #1 It allows for Expansion in the long rung. #2 It can allow for better and more efficient airflow across products that will get hot. My case now is too small and It kills my Frame rate for Counter Strike, so when I switch to a new case that will be fixed and it should help preserve the life of the vid card. In theory.
I would recommend going with a 64Bit operating system as well. To take full advantage of your computer. Although for whatever reason my computer doesn't really use ram for rendering. I only have 3GB which is well under the 4GB cap for the jump between 64 and 32 Bit OS's. I'm still out for if I really need more than 3GB. I want it, but not sure if i NEED it. As of now I'm only using 47% of that when I render.
Hope this helps.
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