My PC is 2 years old:
Cpu=Intel Core I3 (still pretty fast..)
Gpu=Nvidia GTX 650
Ram=4 gig DDR3
I actually worked on this video part time since early December but the Daz Studio scene was already done last summer,so its very hard to evaluate the total amount of time it took me to do this video,also i did the video rendering using the Basic OpenGl renderer:its much faster
i did try with the high quality video rendering and it was surprisingly not really better:for the video not the still images....
For now Daz Studio is free(the additional content is payware)
But if you look around the web you can find a lot of free stuff.
I also use virtual dub (freeware)
The final editing was done with AVS video editor (about 50$)
The music was done with freeware VST (virtual instrument)
What you mostly need is lot of free time!
For my part having a faster computer would not really make me more productive, i do it mostly for my personal pleasure (i like to see naked women dance on a cross
and the intellectual challenge
I'm aware that ounce you upload anything on the internet you don't have any control over it,people will download it on their computer and do whatever they want with it..
As long as its not a nude picture of myself i don't mind