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  • Your PC's getting a bit long in the tooth. Your choice of operating system and antivirus software will affect your performance greatly. (Norton's is a 'pig' on resources.Obviously more RAM and a better CPU would improve performance but you'd be lucky to find compatible components at a PC shop now.(outdated) best bet would be a swap meet. You could try overclocking your CPU but it's not recommended. Other ways would be to limit the services that load up when you run your computer. You can see these by choosing START>RUN>(type msconfig)OK>STARTUP TAB. Here you'll see a list of things that load up when you start your PC. You can get an idea of what each one does from here http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html and find out whether or not you need them to run. Any performance you gain though will be pretty slight. You really need to start looking for a later spec tower.
  • A little faster? That's so subjective. Here are some software and hardware things that will improve performance (a little or a lot). I'll try to list this in increasing order of effectiveness: -Uninstall unused applications -Check for and remove any malware -Defragment your files -Clean your registry -Uninstall unused applications -Turn off services that aren't needed -Clean up what starts with Windows (analyze your running processes) -Perform a clean install of Windows -Add more RAM -Get a faster CPU -Get a faster video card -Get a faster motherboard (which also allows you to get more/faster RAM, CPU, and video card)
  • A 1.3GHz Celery? I would change that ASAP if you're looking for a boost. IMO, you already have adequate RAM and upping it won't help much unless you either multi-task like a fiend or do hard-core multimedia.

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