treacle powered PC

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okay my pc went pop and the mobo/CPU died

so i got a sempron 2800+ CPU and a O/C to a stable 2.08 GHZ
running on an asrokck k8nf6g-vsta mobo
i have 512mb of RAM
sata HD
using onboard GFX

virus and spyware free.
defragged using diskeeper pro

it was a new install when i fitted all the components inc new sata drive
now the pc is sluggish and gives all the symptoms of needing more ram.
now im sure it does however it ran fine on the old mobo(asus nforce2) with an athlon 2800 non O/C set up with the same ram.

right the symptoms.
i can be working away with 20-50% free ram (i use xp free ram pro) with say opera,AV and MSN running and the pc will seemingly run out of ram and freeram kicks in.
although it doesnt have to be any particualar program.eg today it was IE and later turbo lister.

ive shut down most start up progs and services. pc shuts down and reboots in good speeds so no hanging.
just seems weird that its so sluggish now with the same set up that ran fine on the old mobo.
if anything there is less on this pc.

now i know i need ram and a basic GFX card but there is NO cash just now.
any ideas of anything to check now?
 
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