go with duel core and tell me how is it..
but for 3d modeling your are going to need alot of ram min1-2 gig becouse max uses alot of ram ..when rendering max uses almost 100% of you ram..max is a very demanding ...i build a system that was cofiged by some one on this forum
http://tech-forums.net/showthread.ph...5&pagenumber=2
and its the best i ever had(read alex81388 post)..
max just wroks great with it