Thanks everyone,
I am a little slow in the computer world so thank you for your patience.
So if I were to get a quad core system, a bunch of ram, cheap graphics card, cheap network card, small hard drive and any other cheap features, I should be able to set up a render box and control it through my Pentium D with no problems while greatly decreasing the render times?
Does the quad use all four cores individually while rendering in a sense speeding up the rendering by 4x, even for individual frame renderings?
Does max 9 and 2010 require XP pro or vista? I have XP home which I believe is not supported by max 9 and above? I would like to upgrade but do I need the new operating system?
If the new computer comes with Vista, will that be a problem with the network rendering since my computer is XP home? Do you even need an Operating system on the slave machine or Can I get a barebone kit without it?
Thanks again!!