Originally Posted by rich219inc

using dual core 3.4s 2x2mb l2 (newegg has em for $155 right now)
dual channel ddr2. i personally find that 1gb is plenty for my encode machines - some of mine only have 512 but i have 2gb on my editing boxes.

faster ram is better than more ram

u can use an 8mb pci video card on an encode box and it wont make a shit of difference.

128mb is more than enough for an encode machine, any 1/2 way decent card.

i dont use ulead but it may have a similar feature as premiere... premiere has some settings for scratch disc.. it helps to have source on 1 drive, output on a different drive, and scratch on another seperate drive

your editing from a divx file? that will dragass anyhow - probably wouldnt have the lag issue if you were editing from dv-avi