highend computer not running as quick as it should be

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#1 fearless_RTSer
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This is a fresh build; everything is new. It has no viruses and only one program ever installed on it, thats MS Office. BIOS is up to date, so are motherboard and graphics drivers.

computer is running slow. MS Word documents are slow to open and close when handling SMALL 1mb documents.

my specs:
e8400 E0 @ 3ghz
Asus P5Q Pro
A-Data 800mhz 2gb ram
8800gtx
7200.11 32mb 500gb barracuda
windows XP

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#2 beefdog
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Whats your psu? And is all the power cables plugged in?
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#3 X360PS3AMD05
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Seagate drive that's about to die? Overheating :? RAM instability? I've had some A-data screw up on me........
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PSU its a FSP fx-700gln 700w. all the cables are good

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#5 rob1101
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you install your sata drivers?
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#6 fearless_RTSer
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yes i did; latest drivers
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#7 beefdog
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Check your temps, look up speedfan. And if the temps seem alright, start switching around the memory...take one out, turn on and if it runs better then its a bad stick of ram
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#8 Captain__Tripps
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Bad ram generally results in crashes rather than slowdowns. But you might want to run memtest anyway, and maybe run a low level diagnostic on your drive, although that doesn't always indicate a failure even if your drive is having problems. Laggy windows performance can be a drive going out.