@ least 2.4 ghz processor.... 500mb of ram as for video card... really doesnt come into play until u animate... but you need @ least 16mb MINIMUM... if your doing 72 dpi renders @ 800x800 this will render lightnign fast.... but if you wanna do the printable stuff.. 300-400 dpi 8''x10'' this setup with slow a little but itll be far from bombing... save yourself the drama of buyin a handmade cpu.... iv sen alot of people get shto down with this because 1 card or chip doesnt work with everything... and it acts liek a 486 IBM 2 times... if you want the option of picing every aspect of your PC goto Dell.com u start from scratch and ad only the things you want...