Best Render settings for Blender (Minecraft)

I have made a 1000 frame moving composition! Will someone care to tell me the optimum render time for blender! I want it to be good quality, but I want it to render quickly aswell! I will render it to an Xvid Codec! But yeah if you guys could tell me what are the best and fasted render settings for good quality, i would very much appreciate it!

http://www.blenderguru.com/13-ways-to-reduce-render-times/