Newtek-Lightwave 9 LW 9 will have real and total support for edge manipulation, as well as the modeling tools set is now acessible in Layout for those of you that want a single work environment! There are now also sub-d modeling with n-gons as well as faster sub-d surfaces in general.
what do you consider *good*? I grabbed 8gb of ddr3 1600 ram (G.Skill Ripjaw brand) with 9-9-9-24 timing for $100 a few weeks ago which seems good and cheap to me.