Best PC for adobe programs

[R3dd1ngt0n]

Hello,

 

i would like some help upgrading (hardware) a pc for this software:

-    Adobe Photoshop CS5
-    Adobe Indisign CS5
-    Adobe Illustrator CS5
-    Adobe Acrobat Professional
-    Windows moviemaker
-    Sketch up

 

hardware i have now:

CPU: i5 650 3.2ghz

GPU: ati 4550

RAM: 8GB 1333

SSD/HDD: Samsung 850 evo pro

 

Regards R3dd1ngt0n,

 

 

 

[VincentiusIV]

Since Adobe software primarily makes use of CPU power and RAM capacity, this may be an area worth upgrading.

I would recommend upgrading the CPU and Motherboard to something like a i5 6600k and an ASUS / MSI / Gigabyte motherboard that has the features you need. Reason for these three brands is because I've had experience with products of those companies in the past, and they have never disappointed me and many other customers. 

 

With the i5 6600k, you also will make the jump to DDR4 RAM, so you will have to upgrade that aswell. Prices for DDR4 have gone down dramatically, and are only a little bit more expensive than the older DDR3. While you make this jump, you can go for a larger capacity, that will make multitasking way easier.

 

The video card is fine, though if you do get into gaming/play more intensive games in the future you can drop in a newer graphics card that won't be bottlenecked by the CPU.

 

I see you already have a very good SSD, so no upgrade options for storage.