PC specs for running audition

[Mr. Kanks]

I am a composer/producer and I bought adobe audition 3 a couple of months ago, problem is that my computer is old and lacks the specs necessary to efficiently run audition (pentium 4 2.00 GHz, 512MB RAM, 80 GB HD and factory installed sound card) so I am planning on building a new pc and I was wondering if the hardware components I'm about to buy are enough to run adobe audition

-intel pentium core 2 duo 2.93 GHz w/L2 cahe of 3 MB
-gigabyte g41m-es2l motherboard
-2 sticks of ultra 2048 MB RAM
-toshiba 1tb HD
-m audio delta 1010 virtual studio

be free to comment or help me out here

[robertruetz]

I would definitely go with two hard drives. One for applications/OS and the other for storing data (audio data mostly). This will improve things for you.

Rob
:cool:

[itsplayed]

I see no real problems with your choice and Rob is correct....at least two hard drives is essential in any DAW setup.
Remember to also kill everything that is not needed in the BIOS upon initial setup and buy a dedicated graphics card as well.

[Mr. Kanks]

I see no real problems with your choice and Rob is correct....at least two hard drives is essential in any DAW setup.
Remember to also kill everything that is not needed in the BIOS upon initial setup and buy a dedicated graphics card as well.

I understand the need for a sound card but why would I need a graphics card?

[130dB]

I understand the need for a sound card but why would I need a graphics card?

On-board graphics chips will "borrow/steal" RAM from the system.
Disable on-board sound and graphics in BIOS.
Many add-on graphics cards will give you two VGA or DVI outputs so you can run dual monitors. After running my DAW with duals, I can't imagine how I got by with just a single monitor for so long. Now I want three. :D
It doesn't need to be anything fancy, either. My DAW is set up with an old AGP slot Radeon 9000 with dual VGA outs.