i have more then 1 cpu it will be 2. Right now i have just a singel p4 2.8GHz and its just starting to chug. the main thing that i will be doing is 3Dmax redering with alot of premier pro, photoshop, and aftereffects. the reason i did not go with a apple cenima display is because the response time is very high and the contrast is very low when compared to the 2 monitors i was looking at. my constraints are not cpu then memory its graphics card, memory, cpu, hard drive. the reason I am not moving to a pure 64bit platform because 3Dmax and many of the programs i use are not coded to take advantage of it. They are coded to take advantage of many processors.
heres the kinda stuff i render.