Eat3D has some very good tuts. Although they cost money the 3ds max 101 could help you alot. If not CGTUTS is a good source of information for multiple modeling programs.
count me in http://s28.postimg.org/qywct4265/speccy.png I also have Windows 7 Ultimate on the same computer and a Intuos Pro - Medium: PTH-651 & Adobe Photoshop CC
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Last week, Intel slashed their prices by 33%. For me, that was the line. I wasn't willing to pay $600, but it seems worthwhile at $369. (I'm on a laptop, though, so RAID wasn't an option.)
Yeah, 401's shaping up to be a pretty good launch, but I'm still waiting for charater animation, personally :P And a projection cage for baking. And Maya-esque hard/soft edges.