If you want to go insane, try learning Guoyu (Chinese).

I thought this topic was about an alienware notebook computer that turned into a 4 headed monster on you. rotflmao.

Those Intel Core i7 processors give you 4 or 8 way processing, since they have hyperthreading, like the old Pentium 4 HT, except think of 4 P4 HTs on one chip. That will cut your render times down a bunch. My next build is a Core i7.