Hi Gurus,
It has been 7 years, my customised PC recommend by you guys is still going strong! I'm really impressed by the performance and durability. It even outlasted my sister's HP PC which was bought around the same time.
So, i'm back to request for the guru's wise recommendations on a customised pc.
Priorities
1. Budget <$1200 w/o monitor & speakers
2. Able to perform well with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
3. Able to multi-task without much lag.
Thank you so much!
Photoshop CC system requirements
Windows
It has been 7 years, my customised PC recommend by you guys is still going strong! I'm really impressed by the performance and durability. It even outlasted my sister's HP PC which was bought around the same time.
So, i'm back to request for the guru's wise recommendations on a customised pc.
Priorities
1. Budget <$1200 w/o monitor & speakers
2. Able to perform well with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
3. Able to multi-task without much lag.
Thank you so much!

Photoshop CC system requirements
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (2 GHz or faster)
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 *
- 1 GB of RAM
- 2.5 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with OpenGL® 2.0, 16-bit color, and 512 MB of VRAM (1 GB recommended)**
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
- Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1
- 1 GB of RAM (3 GB recommended) for 32 bit; 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended) for 64 bit
- 2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended)
- To view Illustrator in HiDPI mode, your monitor must support a resolution of 1920 x 1080 or more. For more information, see Enhanced Windows Support: HiDPI devices.
- Optional: To use GPU Performance (experimental feature): (NVIDIA video adapter listed below (medium/high-end recommended); 1 GB of VRAM (2 GB recommended); and latest NVIDIA drivers for optimal performance (recommended driver version 335.23 or later (for GeForce series), version 332.76 or later (for Quadro series)
- The following NVIDIA video adapter series support the new Windows GPU Performance features in Illustrator:
- Quadro K Series
- Quadro 6xxx
- Quadro 5xxx
- Quadro 4xxx
- Quadro 2xxx
- Quadro 2xxxD
- Quadro 6xx
- GeForce GTX Series (4xx, 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, Titan)