speeding up my pc

[confused24]

i have a packard bell amd sempron 3000+ processor 1.81ghz and 448mb ram. computer is running bit slow so id like to speed it up, will adding extra ram help? or is my processor just too slow?

[Mattk]

your processor is fine but you could do with doubling up your ram to 1Gb

[BillyNoMates]

Agree re. the 1Gb RAM. I suspect you use onboard video too rather than having a separate video card (as it's reporting 448Mb vs. 512Mb).

It may also be worth looking at a separate video card - this would take some load off the processor.

[fo3nix]

as the above suggest, 1GB RAM should do you fine, but you should also consider buying a dedicated graphics card (this seems to be something you are lacking):

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProduc tID=178505
that should do you fine, I would have thought (you need an AGP [8x] graphics port).

to find out what RAM you need (and what your system can accept), use this:
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/

[confused24]

thanks everyone, ill double up on the ram and get agraphics card. dont think ill try this myself though!